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Corporal ALEC SHAY

Service Number: 4541856
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

17. D. 11.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Alice Shay, of Doncaster, Yorkshire; husband of Ethel Shay, of Doncaster.
  • Personal Inscription SOME MAY THINK HE IS FORGOTTEN BUT IN MEMORY HE IS EVER WITH US. LOVING WIFE & SON
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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