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Pte. William Edwell Baston
British Army 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:9 Burgess Road, Basingstoke
(d.1st Jan 1918)
William Baston was with the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment but was attached to the 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. He was servant to Lt J W Griffin.
'Your husband was killed only a few yards from me, and was hit by a small piece of shell in the throat, lost all consciousness almost immediately, and died in my arms only a few seconds afterwards, at about 7.45am' Lieutenant J W Griffin MG.