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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH VANCE

Service Number: DM2/135594
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Service Corps

699th M.T. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY

3. C. 3.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Jennie Vance, of Dungannon Rd., Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Born at Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription TRUER FAME CAN NO MAN WIN THAN IN A LIFE LAID NOBLY DOWN
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Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 1917
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