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Lance Corporal WILLIAM GEORGE COSGROVE

Service Number: 3505
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

II. C. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Ellen Cosgrove, of 16, Plevna Crescent, St. Ann's Rd., South Tottenham, London.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET JESUS MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1827
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