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Name: William CAWTHORNE
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: W Service No.: 6016
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Age at Death: 0
Unit: 1st/6th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
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How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Sunday 5th November 1916
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign: Battles of the Somme, France, 1916. Attack on the Butte De Warlencourt.
Locally Commemorated: -
UK Commemorated: Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Overseas Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Buried: No known grave.
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Photographs: 2
Service Records: No
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Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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