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Private WILLIAM EDWARD DARBY

Service Number: 21489
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Henrietta Darby, of 56, Westgate, Grantham, Lincs.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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