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Serjeant WILLIAM EDWARD RATCLIFFE

Service Number: 17387
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. G. 8A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Winifred Ann Ratcliffe, of 42, Hexthorpe Rd., Doncaster, Yorks. Native of Hanley, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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