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Captain ALFRED DOUGLAS CHERRY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. A. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Florence Cherry, of Blandford; Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1951
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