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Lance Bombardier WILLIAM HENRY WOODCOCK

Service Number: 893687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

5. E. 6.

Bangladesh

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6 Bty., 1 Lt. A.A. Regt., Royal Indian Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas Woodcock and Kathleen Woodcock, of Rotherham, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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