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Private WILLIAM SOWERBY

Service Number: 38730
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

XI. A. 5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. S. Sowerby, of Engine Inn, Willington Stables, Willington-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF THOMASINE AND LATE WILLIAM SOWERBY WILLINGTON - ON - TYNE
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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