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Private WILLIAM BESANT

Service Number: 18894
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1915

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECCLESMACHAN CEMETERY

B. 65.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. E. Besant, of Bishops Cannings, Devizes, Wilts.
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Buried or commemorated at

ECCLESMACHAN CEMETERY
West Lothian United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 27
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