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Private WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMS

Service Number: 305706
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU

IV. B. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Ellen Adams, of 6, Marcus St., New Lenton, Nottingham. Enlisted at Mansfield Oct., 1914. Born at Sandiacre, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES FOND MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU
Nord France
Number of casualties: 624
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