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Rifleman WILLIAM JOSEPH BREAKEY

Service Number: 228479
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Monmouthshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

II. F. 18.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Edward and Matilda Breakey of 6, Wilcox Place, Regent St., Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT AS ONE WHO FAIN WOULD DIE AND DYING, CONQUER DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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