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Pte. William Summers

British Army 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

from:Swansea

William Summers enlisted on the 2nd of Sept 1914 joining the Somerset Regiment under false name. His real name was William Edmund Larner Semmence he was over 21 years of age. He was transferred to Royal Irish Regiment, 5th Battalion in Longford. He was moved to Basingstoke in England 1915 and sent to Gallipoli where he landed at Suvla Bay on the 7th July 1915 on A-Beach.he was sent to Salonica on the 4th of Oct 1915 and moved to Egypt in Sept 1917 and took part in the 3rd Battle of Gaza. Then in April 1918 he was transfered to France until 1919.



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