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Guardsman WILLIAM WILSON

Service Number: 2615755
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

VIII. B. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Gertrude Wilson, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription LET HIM WAKE AGAIN TO NEW DAWNS FIRED WITH SUN, AND MAY HIS PEACE BE DEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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