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Private WILLIAM JOHN GILBERT

Service Number: 5127890
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

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

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1944

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VA. P. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Frederick and Ada Lilian Gilbert, of Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription SOME DAY, SOME TIME OUR EYES SHALL SEE THE DEAR FACE WE KEEP IN OUR MEMORY
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