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Signalman WILLIAM COLE

Service Number: 2333326
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

1st Armd. Div. Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 9.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Rose Cole, of Camberwell. London.
  • Personal Inscription WE OFTEN THINK OF HIM, MENTION HIS NAME; WHAT WOULD WE GIVE TO HEAR HIS VOICE AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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