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Corporal CHARLES EDWARD GWATKIN

Service Number: 4920878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

II. B. 9.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur James Gwatkin and Sarah Ann Gwatkin, of Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS FAITHFUL ALWAYS KIND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR MANKIND
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Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
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