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• Name HANDS
• Initials WH
• First name WILLIAM HENRY
• Place of birth Wythall
• Country Birmingham, England
• Family Son of George and Ellen Hands, of Drake's Cross, Hollywood, Birmingham.
• Extra info Commemorated on the Wythall war memorial

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Birmingham
• Service number 14542
• Rank Serjeant
• Regiment and unit 11th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
• Division - Brigade 69th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 23rd Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 12 May 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XII - B - 7

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