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Private W E MAJOR

Service Number: 29998
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY

III. E. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. C. Major, of The Post Office, Owston Ferry, Doncaster.
  • Personal Inscription SORROW VANQUISHED
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Buried or commemorated at

PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 537
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