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First Name: | William | Last Name: | WILLIS |
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| Date of Death: | 28/02/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Clerkenwell | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | East Surrey1 | |
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Current Information:
Enlisted-London Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France
On 23rd February 1915, the 1st East Surrey battalion of 14 Brigade, 5th Division were relieved from the front line opposite Messines and moved back to Neuve Eglise, which, being close to the front line was subject to periods of German shelling. At noon on 27th February the enemy began to shell the village and before the battalion had time to leave their billets a shell had demolished a house occupied by some of C Company, killing seven men and wounding five more. William Willis died from wounds |
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