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Major WILLIAM JOHN LAWRENCE ARMITSTEAD

Service Number: 75313
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

8. A. 4.

India

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. 14th Indian Army Div.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lawrence and Mary Elizabeth Armitstead, of Market Drayton, Shropshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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