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Private W BILLAM

Service Number: 18687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

VIII. U. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Billam, of Hinderwell; husband of Ada Elizabeth Billam, of Hinderwell, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SWEET TO REMEMBER HIM WHO ONCE WAS HERE THOUGH ABSENT TO US HE IS STILL AS DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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