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William Marsden - RE

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Forename William
Surname Marsden - RE
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 40
Address 6 Engine Fold, Pemberton
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Lance Corporal
Occupation or place of work Coal miner hewer
Regiment Royal Engineers 253rd Tunn Coy
Day of Death 19
Month of Death April
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action, tunnelling, in France
Place of Burial Vermelles British Cemetery
Regiment Number 151367
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information Son of Samuel and Ann and husband of Marion (Shuttleworth)
Formerly 16246 East Lancs Reg
St Johns Roll of Honour, Parish Magazine, Dec 1918
CWGC, Ancestry, WE 18/4/16