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Second Lieutenant GEORGE CECIL WARD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"B" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

I. C. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Ada Anne Ward, of "Frogmore," Town St., Upper Armley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription NOBLY FOUGHT LOVE ETERNAL AND TRIUMPHANT
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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