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Private WILLIAM BLOWS

Service Number: 20696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

II. A. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Blows; husband of Mary Louisa Blows, of 4, Gate House, Trimley, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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