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Private WILLIAM JAMES POLKINGHORN

Service Number: 238231
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

II. Q. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Hannah Polkinghorn; husband of Margaret Ellen Polkinghorn, of 8, Staith Terrace, Derwenthaugh, Swalwell, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription REST AWHILE
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Buried or commemorated at

TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1704
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