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Private B BOTTOMLEY

Service Number: 12/1980
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANZAC CEMETERY, SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS

III. O. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fenton and Emma Bottomley, of Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury; husband of Agnes Bottomley, of 6, Church Terrace, Middlestown, Wakefield.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

ANZAC CEMETERY, SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 326
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