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Able Seaman WILLIAM JAMES STEARNS

Service Number: P/JX 150497
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Vernon.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1940

Buried or commemorated at

HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

E. 54. 3.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph William and Gladys May Stearns, of Gloucester.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1413
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