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Private WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 5782660
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

5. A. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Anthony and Caroline Smith, of Stratford, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription AND MAY THE PERPETUAL LIGHT OF GLORY SHINE UPON HIM. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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