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Private WILLIAM REES

Service Number: 1948
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

XXX. A. 13.

France

Site visit 26th September 2025

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Rees, of 24, Exchange Rd., Neath.
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Buried or commemorated at

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