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Rifleman WILLIAM HARRY WATERTON

Service Number: 6653
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

1st/15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 November 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XII. D. 11A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Emily Waterton; husband of Mabel Lily Waterton, of 31, Brockhurst Rd., Chesham, Bucks. Native of Worthing, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE HEROES WHO HEARD THE CALL FOR THOSE HE LOVED HE GAVE HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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