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Private WILLIAM BLACKBURN REAY

Service Number: 24303
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 March 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

II. F. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Elizabeth Reay, of 18, Dale St., Haltwhistle, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription BECAUSE I LIVE YE SHALL LIVE ALSO
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2688
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