Private William Roper, 26 years of age, was the first British soldier to be killed in France in the present war, according to a Letter his mother received from his commanding officer today.
The tetter said that her son had died at an unspecified place but that he had been accorded full military honours. 'The letter further revealed that he' was killed while "on guard duty for which he had volunteered."—United Press.
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