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William Henry Weeks
William Henry Weeks
William Henry Weeks was born in St Pancras, London in 1887. His parents had two sons and three daughters. He married Louisa Lillian Davey In 1909 and they had a daughter Lillian Louisa Weeks In 1910. Tragically both his wife and daughter died in March 1916. William enlisted in St Pancras, London into The Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry as a Private. He was killed in action on the 23rd August 1917, seventeen months after his family. He is remembered with honor on The Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army 10776 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 6th Battalion
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