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Oswald Ditchfield

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Forename Oswald
Surname Ditchfield
Middle Name Clifford
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 26
Address 8 Duke St, Wigan Lane
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Coal miner hewer
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
Day of Death 9
Month of Death April
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Helles Memorial
Regiment Number 1458
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Sarah Ann
Wigan Coal & Iron Co Records
CWGC, Ancestry, WO 18/9/15