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Private SYDNEY WHILEY

Service Number: 19886
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

42nd Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. D. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Eleanor Whiley, of 101, Stamford Rd., Birmingham. Native of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription TO BE WITH GOD WHICH IS FAR BETTER
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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