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Private WILLIAM JAMES SMITH

Service Number: 13943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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

III. K. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James and Susan Smith, of 3, Alma Terrace, Milton, Hants. Born at Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription THE CALL CAME AND HE OBEYED THAT HIS COUNTRY STILL MAY LIVE
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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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