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Pte. Harry Willmott
British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:March, Cambridgeshire
Harry Willmott enlisted on the 20th of March 1916 at Bury St. Edmunds at the age of 32. He was assigned to the 9th Suffolk Regiment who left Folkestone on September 7th 1916 for Etaples near Boulogne, in France, arriving September 8th. On September 19th he joined the 9th Battalion.
Harry was reported missing on the 21st of March 1918 whilst serving with the 12th battalion. He was captured by Germans on 22nd of March 1918 and was held at Altdamm and Perchim, but was released on the 14th of Dec 1918. He returned home to March.
His nephew Pte. Francis Willmott (1880) Cambridgeshire Regiment, gave his life June 28th 1915, and his name is remembered on a plaque at the March, Cambridgeshire memorial.

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