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Lieutenant W ATHERTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 December 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH

IV. I. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Emma Atherton, of Nobold House, near Shrewsbury.
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Buried or commemorated at

FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1267
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