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Lieutenant WILLIAM RIDER STRAKER

Service Number: 102499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1944

Age 52 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

4. E. 13.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ezra Straker; husband of Anne Straker, of Burton-on-Trent. Also served in the 28th Light Cavalry, Indian Army.
  • Personal Inscription LATE 28TH LIGHT CAVALRY I.A. DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF ANNE AND FATHER OF PETER
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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