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Lieutenant WILLIAM GODFREY CHARLTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

II. J. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Charlton, J.P., and Ann Fenwick Charlton, of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP LIGHTLY LAD THOU ART KING'S GUARD AT DAYBREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3507
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