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Fusilier WILLIAM JOHN YATES

Service Number: 14417319
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 November 1943

Buried or commemorated at

FARNWORTH CEMETERY

Plot C. Grave 296.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Nephew of Mrs. E. Morris, of Kearsley.
  • Personal Inscription GOD SAW THE ROAD WAS ROUGH THE HILL HARD TO CLIMB HE GENTLY CLOSED HIS EYES AND WHISPERED PEACE BE THINE
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Buried or commemorated at

FARNWORTH CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 43
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