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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDRA GLAISTER

Service Number: 241422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mark and Elizabeth Glaister, of 36, Hill St., Carnforth.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 742
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