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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM THOMAS COKER BRAINE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VII. Z. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. W. Braine (D.F.H., Kenilworth and Kimberley) and Henrietta Braine (nee Stuart), of De Beers Consolidated Mines, Kimberley, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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