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Private WILLIAM POSTLETHWAITE

Service Number: 2597
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE FERMONT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE

I. C. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Martha Postlethwaite, of 47, Smeaton St., Ulverston, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription A BRAVE TRUE HEART THAT KNEW NO FEAR HE LIKE A SOLDIER FELL AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

LE FERMONT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 80
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