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• Name ROBERTS
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Blackburn
• Country Lancs, England
• Last residence Blackburn
• Family Son of David and Sarah Roberts, of 32, Kirkham Lane, Blackburn.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Darwen, Lancs
• Service number 18735
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 11th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 27 May 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died from drift gas poisoning, in n°3 Can CCS
• Date of death 9 August 1916
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - D - 23

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