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Serjeant PERCY LONGFIELD

Service Number: 1687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. L. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Pearce Longfield and Sarah Maria Longfield, of Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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