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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM GUEST HARTLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME

A. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Hartley, of 87, Canterbury Rd., Leyton, Essex, and the late Joseph Henry Hartley.
  • Personal Inscription AND HE LED THEM ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT IN A LIGHT OF FIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

MONTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 22
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