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Corporal W CORNWELL

Service Number: 8923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cornwell, of 41, Woodcock St., Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription THE BATTLE IS OVER THE STRUGGLE IS O'ER THE CROWN NOW REPLACES THE CROSS HE BORE
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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