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Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets Local Heroes - Your streets were their streets

The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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William Cunningham

Private
Essex
Born
Plaistow - c. 1888
Died
Gallipoli - 6 August 1915
Age
27
Death
Killed in action
Served in
Essex
Awards
Unknown
Memorials
Unknown
Lived
Plaistow

William's story

Service Number
16866
Mother
Unknown
Father
Unknown
Spouse
Unknown
Buried
Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Turkey
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