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William Royal Girdlestone

Private

Service No. 6163

Age 35

Died on 27 May 1918

Lincolnshire Regiment

SOISSONS MEMORIAL

Aisne, France

Husband of Jane Girdlestone, of 3, White Lion Yard, Magdalen St., Norwich.

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Henry Harrison

William, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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William, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st Lincolns myself...

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