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Rifleman WILLIAM GIDDONS

Service Number: 5783
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

1st/16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

I. M. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Dell (formerly Giddons), of 20, Raeburn St., Brixton, London, and the late George Giddons.
  • Personal Inscription HE WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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