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Gunner WILLIAM EDWARD AVERY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Penelope.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1943

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

5. E. 2.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Avery; husband of Gertrude Mary Avery, of Bromley, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription MY DEAR BELOVED HAS GAINED A SHORE WHERE TEMPESTS TOSS AND BEAT NO MORE
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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