247143 Pte. W Faulkner British Army 23rd Btn. London Regiment (d.10th November 1915) Private W. Faulkner. At the time of his death was serving with the 23rd Battalion London Regiment, service no. 4364. On the 4 November 1915 the 23rd London Regiment of the 142 Brigade, 47th Division, were relieved from the front line near Loos in Northern France and moved back to the reserve trenches. From there they moved to Philosophe, Mazingarbe, France. On the 10 November 1915 a shell landed on one of the billets occupied by C Company, 23rd Battalion London Regiment killing seven men outright including Private Faulkner. He is buried in the Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France. He has no personalised inscription on his headstone. This may have been the result of the initial policy of the IWGC, that the next of kin should pay for the inscriptions by the letter.
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