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Rifleman W ANDREWS

Service Number: 3256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. K. 8.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 140th Trench Mortar Bty
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edgar and Hannah Maria Andrews, of Bradford, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 671
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