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Platts, William - MM

Rank : Acting Corporal

Army Number : 11496

Unit : 6th Bn

Biography :

Enlisted at Leicester, 2.9.1914. Served with 'A' Company 6th Battalion during World War One, entering France 29.7.1915. Wounded (gunshot wound, left thigh) in July 1916 and hospitalised in Epsom, Surrey for 56 days. Awarded the M.M. (see London Gazette 2.8.1918, p. 9248). Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 26.4.1918, aged 29. He is buried at Voormezeele Enclosures No.3, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Date of Birth : c1889

Place of Birth : Leicester

Date of Death : 26.4.1918

Place of Death : Belgium

Civil Occupation : Boot and Shoe Worker

Period of Service : 1914-1918

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders

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