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Private WILLIAM EDWARD HEIGHWAY

Service Number: 17660
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 February 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot B. Row 3. Grave 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Elizabeth Heighway, of 12, South Molton Road, Custom House, London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE AT REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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