Letter sent by Private Robert Charles Williams to his wife and daughter, 5 May 1917
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A letter written by Private Robert Charles Williams to his wife Ann and daughter Mary. Robert was born in Capel Curig in 1886 and married Ann Williams in 1913 at the age of 23. They lived at Cil Melyn, Warden Street, Llanberis, Caernarvonshire. Private 345654 Robert Charles Williams, 24th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers served in Palestine during the First World War and was shot in the head whilst walking to breakfast on 16 July 1917, he died of his wounds just over two months of writing this letter. He was buried at Deir El Belah War Cemetery - Grave D.24.
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