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NAME:                      Betsworth, William James  (NB: listed as Bitsworth in CWGC)
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Labour Corps  (formerly 10707 Kings Royal Rifle Corps)
BATTALION ETC:             212th Employment Company attached 9th Division Salvage
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         140731
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of broncho pneumonia 8th December 1918 at 62nd Casuality Clearing Station, France
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: St Jan Communal Cemetery, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
OTHER INFORMATION:         Son of James & Nellie Florence Betsworth, in 1911 family living 44 Malta Road, Buckland, Portsmouth.
                                           Husband of Ellen M Betsworth of 21 Cumberland Road, Southsea, Portsmouth.
                                           Married Jan/Feb/March 1917 at Portsmouth.
                                           His brother Arthur George also died.