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Personal data

• Name WILLS
• Initials JW
• First name JOHN WILLIAM
• Place of birth Eastwell
• Country Kent, England
• Last residence Boughton, Faversham, Kent
• Family Son of Mr John Wills of Horse Lees, Dunkirk.
• Extra info remembered at the War Memorial at Dunkirk Church

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 3 October 1907, Canterbury, Kent
• Service number L/8664
• Rank Serjeant
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 16th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 6th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 7 September 1914; granted a commission just before his death

Death

• Wounded 19 April
• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 21 April 1916
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - C - 21
• Related (battlefield) cemeteries for this unit & period POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY ; LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.1 ; LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.2 ; ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

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