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Private WILLIAM EDGAR RUMBOLD

Service Number: 23940
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"B" Coy. 18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE

III. H. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Annie Rumbold, of Wetherby Rd., Tadcaster, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 891
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