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Private Willie Lonsdale

British Army 1st/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

from:29 Jackson Lane, Morley, Leeds

(d.29th Mar 1918)

Willie Lonsdale was my Mum's uncle, originating from Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire. We are not sure how he came to be in the Durham Light Infantry but believe that the York/Durham battalion were a territorial battalion. We have a couple of photographs of him in uniform and know that he was killed on the Somme aged 20 and is buried in the Cemetery of Harbonnieres, France. His parents were informed that he was missing believed dead but his mother always believed/hoped he would come home.



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