Lance Bombardier WILLIAM COLESBY
Service Number: 558131
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Artillery
102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regt.
Date of Death
Died 20 August 1944
Age 22 years old
Photographer: Johan Pauwels
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William and Susannah Denham Colesby, of Simonside, South Shields, Co. Durham.
- Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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