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Ordinary Seaman WILLIAM RICHARD YEARNSHIRE

Service Number: C/JX 254055
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Raleigh

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TORPOINT (HORSON) CEMETERY

Grave 39.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jack and Clara Yearnshire; husband of Elizabeth Yearnshire, of Mindrum, Northumberland.
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Buried or commemorated at

TORPOINT (HORSON) CEMETERY
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 76
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