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Pte. William Edward Costain
British Territorial Army 10th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:11 Fern Grove Liverpool
(d.28th Apr 1915)
William Costain joined the Kings Liverpool Scottish in 1913 as a territorial soldier. He landed in Le Havre 2nd of November 1914 and proceeded to the Ypres Salient. After a very harsh winter in the trenches. On 28th of April 1915 he was assigned the task of locating a Sniper with another soldier. During the search he was shot and killed by the sniper he was looking for. He was laid to rest beside others of the Liverpool Scottish in enclosure number 3 at Voormenzelee a quiet little village outside of Ypres. My wife and I have visited the Cemetery October 9th 2013 there are a number of Liverpool Scottish soldiers buried there and all are very well looked after.
