130 died on this day: Sat 27/02/1915

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For a diary entry from Arthur Linfoot on this day 100 years ago, visit:
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Belgium: Hainaut BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION
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20727 Sergeant FREDERICK ANTHONY KNIGHTS "H" Coy. 10th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Belgium: Hainaut LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE CEMETERY
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8820 Corporal WALTER GEORGE HOPKINS "D" Coy. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
179 Rifleman FRANK POTTER 5th Bn. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)


Belgium: Hainaut PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
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10987 Private ALEXANDER SMITH 6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders


Belgium: Hainaut TANCREZ FARM CEMETERY
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2434 Rifleman GRIFFITHS 1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
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Captain EDWARD MASON GRANTHAM 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY
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8147 Private BARLEY 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
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9176 Corporal CURTIN 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
7844 Lance Corporal WILLIAM THOMAS HEARN 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY
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10271 Private JOHNSON 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment
Lieutenant FERGUS ALGERNON SUTTON 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen LOKER CHURCHYARD
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7163 Lance Corporal WARD 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
11077 Private WILLIAM WATERMAN "A" Coy. 1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen NIEUWKERKE (NEUVE-EGLISE) CHURCHYARD
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7312 Private GREGORY 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
Lieutenant OSWALD GRIFFITH 80th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
5754 Private WALTER MARTIN "A" Coy. 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
6364 Private WADE 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
6976 Private WHIPP 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
6864 Private GEORGE ERNEST WHITE 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
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7360 Private GILCHRIST 1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURE NO.3
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1513 Private FRUEN Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
1501 Company Sergeant Major LLOYD Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
1517 Private McLAUGHLIN Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
50253 Corporal STANLEY TOPLISS 96th Bty. Royal Field Artillery


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
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1984 Rifleman ERIC GEORGE SPENCER LUMMIS 4th Bn. Rifle Brigade


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY
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1073 Private THOMAS MATHER (Mentioned in Despatches) 1st/6th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
2879 Rifleman RALPH STANLEY RIDGEWAY 9th Bn. London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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1519 Lance Corporal BATCHELOR Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
10599 Private GEORGE BROOKS 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
46 Private CHARLES JAMES BUCKINGHAM 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
9184 Private FREDERICK FUNNELL 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
8289 Lance Corporal CECIL G. GROCUTT 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
8896 Private FRANK GUEST 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
9488 Private WILLIAM IRETON 1st Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
10038 Lance Corporal JAMES JOHNSON 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
10780 Private ROBERT NEWTON 1st Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
SR/8734 Private RICHARD PAPE 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
9284 Serjeant JOHN ROSS 2nd Bn. Cameron Highlanders
11317 Private WILLIAM SCAIFE 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
3/8456 Private SMITH 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
10504 Private HENRY TAPLIN 2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment


Belgium: West-Vlaanderen ZANTVOORDE BRITISH CEMETERY
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9619 Private MOORHEAD 2nd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers


Canada: Ontario SARNIA (OUR LADY OF MERCY) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
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24657 Sergeant THOMAS CREIGHTON 34th Bn. Canadian Infantry


Fiji: SUVA OLD CEMETERY
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RAN/7693 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class ROBERT BANKS (R.N./268806). H.M.A.S. "Encounter." Royal Australian Navy


France: Nord BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
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3/7792 Private HENRY GEORGE BURRELL 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
16291 Private ALBERT ERNEST CLAPP 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
L/14062 Private DOPSON 3rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
2295 Private SYDNEY KNIGHT 3rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
8646 Corporal NOLAN "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
12915 Lance Corporal WILLIS 5th Bn. Canadian Infantry


France: Nord CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
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3/9058 Private HARRISON 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
10444 Private NOCK 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry


France: Nord ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
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12189 Private FRANCIS EDWARD BILSON 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
8521 Private THOMAS OWEN 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment


France: Nord HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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T2/10537 Driver WILLIAM JOHN STORR 7th Cav. Field Amb. Army Service Corps


France: Nord HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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2449 Rifleman BILLING 16th Bn. London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)


France: Nord RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
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2112 Private EMERY 2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment


France: Nord Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
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L/9126 Private JAMES HATTEN 1st Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
24180 Private KENNETH SPENCER "A" Coy. 13th Bn. Canadian Infantry


France: Pas de Calais BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
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11267 Rifleman ROBBINS 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps


France: Pas de Calais BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
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9981 Private ERNEST THOMAS DAVIS 2nd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
6460 Private CHARLES DRYDEN 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
8309 Rifleman EDGAR JOHN EVANS 3rd Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
7264 Private RICHARD ABURY EVANS 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
10321 Private HARRINGTON 1st Bn. Royal Irish Regiment


France: Pas de Calais CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
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12057 Private POMFRET 3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards


France: Pas de Calais GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY
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4540 Sepoy TUKARAM GHADGE 107th Indian Pioneers


France: Pas de Calais LE TOUQUET-PARIS PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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10371 Lance Corporal WILLIAM HENRY MILLS 2nd Bn. East Surrey Regiment


France: Pas de Calais LE TOURET MEMORIAL
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5736 Private JOHN EDWARD BAINBRIDGE 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
9082 Private LEONARD COOPER 2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
6618 Private WALTER MARTIN 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
6177 Private JOHN MULLOY 2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)


France: Pas de Calais LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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334 Sepoy MUHAMMAD JANG 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis


France: Pas de Calais LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
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249 Corporal KENNETH JOHN HINDE 1st (North Midland) Field Coy. Royal Engineers


France: Pas de Calais MEERUT MILITARY CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-LES-BOULOGNE
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2764 Rifleman HAR SINGH KUNWAR 1st Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles


France: Pas de Calais NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL
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3368 Sowar GHULAM MUHAMMAD 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (F.F.) (Daly's Horse)
1231 Rifleman JASBIR LIMBU 2nd Bn. 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles


France: Pas de Calais RUE-DAVID MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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5199 Private GILLESPIE 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
15456 Private KENNEDY 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
6892 Private ALEXANDER MORWOOD 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
7257 Private WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
9857 Serjeant HENRY CHARLES PRATT "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
12466 Private ROBERTSON 2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers


France: Pas de Calais RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
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1726 Private McEWAN 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders


France: Pas de Calais SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CHURCHYARD
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11098 Private HENRY HILL 2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment


France: Pas de Calais ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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2680 Rifleman FATEH SING BHANDARI 1st Bn. 39th Garhwal Rifles


France: Pas de Calais WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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9863 Private ISAIAH BIRCH 1st Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
1842 Private DUNCAN McLEAN 4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders


Germany: Nordrhein-Westfalen COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
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L/3929 Corporal WEBB 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers


India: CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
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TF/144 Drummer HENRY WILLIAM JAMES REVELL "C" Coy. 10th Bn. Middlesex Regiment


Iraq: BASRA MEMORIAL
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3425 Sowar CHANDGI RAM 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry
4681 Follower KHUSHALA Jaipur Transport Corps


Ireland, Republic of: County Kildare DONAGHCUMPER CEMETERY
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24306 Private FREDERICK MAGAN 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars


Kenya: NAIROBI BRITISH AND INDIAN MEMORIAL
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1369 Sepoy PREM SINGH Kapurthala Infantry (Jagatjit Regiment)
9846 Lance Corporal CHARLES HENRY STORRY 2nd Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment


Nigeria: IBADAN MEMORIAL
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446 Private LAWANI EKO Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.


Sierra Leone: FREETOWN MEMORIAL
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Second Lieutenant FREDERICK ANDREW East Yorkshire Regiment
3424 Private TAMBA BONAMA Sierra Leone Battalion, W.A.F.F.
3483 Private TERRENA TIMBO Sierra Leone Battalion, W.A.F.F.


United Kingdom: Aberdeenshire KINTORE PARISH CHURCHYARD
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10440 Private ALEXANDER FLETCHER 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders


United Kingdom: Cheshire BIRKENHEAD (FLAYBRICK HILL) CEMETERY
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F/1814 Petty Officer Motor Mechanic GEORGE FREDERICK BROWN H.M.S. "Pembroke." Royal Naval Air Service


United Kingdom: County Antrim BALLYMENA NEW CEMETERY
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17359 Private CAREY 11th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers


United Kingdom: Devon EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY
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7999 Serjeant BOYD 16th Reserve Bty. Royal Field Artillery


United Kingdom: Devon PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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155445 Shipwright 2nd Class FRANCIS WHITE LEWIS H.M.S. "Jupiter" Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Durham DARLINGTON WEST CEMETERY
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50692 2nd Corporal RIDLEY 32nd Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers


United Kingdom: Edinburgh EDINBURGH (MORNINGSIDE) CEMETERY
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2094 Private JOHN WILLIAM BRUNTON 3rd Reserve Lowland Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps


United Kingdom: Essex EAST HAM (ST. MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD
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18332 Private SARLING 13th Bn. Essex Regiment


United Kingdom: Hampshire ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY
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3597 Air Mechanic 2nd Class DOBSON Recruits' Depot Royal Flying Corps
65011 Driver LEONARD ROBERT EACOTT 13th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery


United Kingdom: Hampshire NETLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
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8900 Lance Corporal HILL (D C M) 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Hampshire PORTSMOUTH (HIGHLAND ROAD) CEMETERY
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17847 Gunner WILKINS No. 3 Depot Royal Field Artillery


United Kingdom: Inverness-shire INVERNESS (TOMNAHURICH) CEMETERY
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16979 Private THOMAS HOGG 8th Bn. Cameron Highlanders


United Kingdom: Kent DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY
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SS/2232 Private ALFRED EDWIN MOCKETT 3rd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment


United Kingdom: Kent GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
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M/11904 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class JAMES HAROLD BOURNE H.M.S. Pembroke Royal Navy
K/5011 Stoker 1st Class AUGUSTUS EDWARD VIDGEN H.M.T.B. "117." Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Kent SHEERNESS CEMETERY, ISLE OF SHEPPEY
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159411 Chief Stoker WILLIAM THOMAS SMITH H.M.S. Wildfire Royal Navy


United Kingdom: Lancashire FLEETWOOD BOROUGH CEMETERY
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276/ES Engineman HOWARTH H.M. Trawler, Sarah Alice Royal Naval Reserve


United Kingdom: Lancashire SALFORD (WEASTE) CEMETERY
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1193 Private WILLIAM JONES 8th Bn. Manchester Regiment


United Kingdom: Lancashire TORRISHOLME CEMETERY
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3341 Corporal WILLIAM ATKINSON 21st Bn. Manchester Regiment


United Kingdom: Lancashire WALMSLEY (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD
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2948 Private HORROCKS 2nd/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment


United Kingdom: Lincolnshire IMMINGHAM (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
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1678/DA Deck Hand DONALD McLEAN H.M. Trawler "Ralco." Royal Naval Reserve


United Kingdom: London GREENWICH CEMETERY
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L/8490 Private TUDOR 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)


United Kingdom: Norfolk NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK
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6512 Lance Corporal THORNE 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment


United Kingdom: Surrey REIGATE CEMETERY
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700 Private EDWARD THOMAS DALTON 7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


United Kingdom: Surrey WORPLESDON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
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Second Lieutenant JOHN EDWARD GRIMSTON PEET The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)


United Kingdom: Sussex HASTINGS CEMETERY, SUSSEX
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9156 Private JOSEPH PEARCE "C" Coy. 9th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Sussex UCKFIELD CEMETERY
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34349 Private GEORGE WILLIAM TAYLOR Royal Army Medical Corps


United Kingdom: Warwickshire BUDBROOKE (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
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9391 Private HALL Royal Warwickshire Regiment


United Kingdom: Wiltshire LUDGERSHALL (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
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T2/016129 Driver JAMES HARRINGTON DUNT 156th H.T. Coy. 19th Div. Train Army Service Corps


United Kingdom: Yorkshire GUISBOROUGH CEMETERY
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T3/027064 Driver HARRY WARD 238th H.T. Coy. 27th Reserve Park Army Service Corps