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Rifleman WILLIAM JOHN WADDINGTON

Service Number: 2586
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES

IX. B. 79.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Sugden Waddington and Mary Waddington, of 140, Millhouses Lane, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription THE GREAT MASTER CALLED HIM TO A HIGHER RANK
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Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 2681
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