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Driver ROBERT ERNEST SEWELL MARPLES

Service Number: 480288
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

457th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. E. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robt. S. and Fanny Marples, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL MEET AGAIN WHEN THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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