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Private WILLIAM ARTHUR DOBSON

Service Number: 4539627
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE CHURCHYARD

Grave 34.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Dobson, of Ferrybridge, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE CHURCHYARD
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 48
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