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Corporal WILLIAM JAMES SMITH

Service Number: 4617893
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

15. G. 3.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John F. and Edith E. Smith, of Walthamstow, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN. HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. MUM, DAD AND JOHN
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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