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Sapper WILLIAM JAMES LONG

Service Number: 253288
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

19th Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS

II. D. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ada Long, of 10, Highbury Place, Walcot, Bath.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 742
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