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Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM DESMOND BLACKER

Service Number: 27893
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Cdg. 179 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1944

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

IX. C. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Stewart William Ward Blacker and Eva Lucy Mary St. John Blacker, of Charminster, Dorsetshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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