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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HILARY COMPTON

Service Number: 2809
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st (Royal) Dragoons

A Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. A. 13A.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Grace Compton. Native of Earlsfield, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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