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Second Lieutenant RUSSELL WILLIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1914

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

X. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie M. Willis, of 47, Dawlish Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire. Born at Denton, Manchester.
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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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