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Private WILLIAM WAKE

Service Number: 17175
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. F. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wake, of 72, Canal Rd., Mile End, London.
  • Personal Inscription A LOSS SO GREAT A SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVE SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1293
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