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Also Arthur son of the above
Killed in the Great War
Sept 27th 1917 Aged 25 years
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Alcester Cemetery
Warwickshire
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Arthur
Gallimore
31st October 1891
Alcester, Warwickshire
27th September 1917
Died from wounds at a casualty clearing station at Lijssenthoek in Belgium. Wounds probably received in the attack on the 27th September in the attempted advance on Zonnebeke Lake
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
First World War
Corporal
2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Wounded in 1916, served as an instructor before returning to the front. He worked as a footman at Branches Park, Cowlinge in Suffolk where he is remembered on the war memorial in the village and church
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