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Lance Corporal W S KERSHAW

Service Number: 288104
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SEZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kershaw, of 92, South Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE WAS SWEET HIS DEATH WAS NOBLE
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Buried or commemorated at

SEZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Marne France
Number of casualties: 127
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