Wars Last Goodbyes on PATREON
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Wars Last Goodbyes
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To the dear memory of
William Henry Abell
Major of the Middlesex Regiment
Son of Martin Abell of
Norton Hall, Worcestershire
Killed in action at Obourg, near Mons
On 23rd August 1914
Aged 40 years
Until the day break and the shadows flee away
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St Peter Little Comberton
Worcestershire
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William Henry
Abell
1873
Norton, Worcestershire
23rd August 1914
Obourg, Mons, France
40
Saint Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, France
First World War
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4th Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
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