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Sergeant Willie Gordon Snasdell 4870, 6th Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery - died 27 November 1916
19/06/2025
First World War Army United Kingdom Prisoners of War BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
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Serjeant Willie Gordon Snasdell
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Died on 27 November 1916, having been taken a Prisoner of War at Kut
Willie Gordon Snasdell was born in 1885 and was a native of Mile End, London. He served in Egypt from 7 November 1914 with the 6th Ammunation Column, Royal Field Artillery. He was captured at the Fall of Kut and died on 27 November 1916 and is buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery.
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