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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Rotherhithe, London
• Land London, England
• Last residence Lower Tooting
• Family Son of William and Grace Compton
• Extra info Mentioned as Compton, W.N. in war diary n°17 CCS

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment London
• Service number 2809
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Regiment and unit 1st (Royal) Dragoons A Sqdn.
• Other data related to military career to France on 8 October 1914

Death

• Type of wounds Killed in action, died of gunshot wounds to the leg, n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IV - A - 13A

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