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Guardsman GILBERT WILSON

Service Number: 2658822
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SKERTON CEMETERY

Sec. J. Nonconformist. Grave 395.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John R. Wilson and Margaret Wilson, of Skerton, Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

SKERTON CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 51
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