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Private WILLIE PRIESTNER

Service Number: 29823
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

R.E. FARM CEMETERY

III. B. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Harmah Mee Ruth Priestner, of Oldham, Lancs; husband of Jennie Priestner, of 119, Victoria Grove, Bridport, Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription HE TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE
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Buried or commemorated at

R.E. FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 179
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