Sapper Willoughby Iliffe, WR/256187
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- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Section - RTE
- Date of Birth - 28/2/1880
- Died - 08/06/1919
- Age - 38
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of George and Mary Ann Iliffe. He embarked for France in November 1916, and went through the whole war exposed to many dangers whilst working in the transportation branch of the Royal Engineers. He was proceeding home for demobilisation when the railway train in which he was travelling collided with another locomotive at Neufchatel, he suffered a fractured skull in the accident and
subsequently died from his injuries.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Willoughby ILIFFE
Sapper, Railway Transport Establishment, Royal Engineers. Army no WR/256187
He died on active service on 8 June 1919. He was 38.
He was the son of George and Mary Ann Iliffe of 25 Simper Street, Oakham
He is buried in grave LXXII F 21 Étaples Military Cemetery
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- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Lxxii F 21, Etaples Military Cemetery
- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Cause of death - DIED
- Burial Commemoration - Etaples Mil. Cem., Pas de Calais, France, Grave Ref: Lxxii. F. 21.
- Born - Oakham, Rutland
- Enlisted - 22/11/15
- Place of Residence - 25 Simper Street, Oakham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ALL SAINT'S CHYRD. MEM., OAKHAM, RUTLAND
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