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Private WILLIAM DEAKIN

Service Number: 3647720
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1941

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER (PHILIPS PARK) CEMETERY

Sec. O. Church. Grave 308.

United Kingdom

Headstone. WW1 in Stancliffe, WW2 in Portland. Many WW1 headstones have been replaced with incorrect stone type Site survey 19th December 2024

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elisabeth Deakin, of Manchester; husband of Kathleen Deakin, of Clayton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY, SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT LOVED WHEREVER HE WENT, THOUGHTFUL, WILLING AND KIND A SWEET MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER (PHILIPS PARK) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 463
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