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Private WILLIAM HAROLD WILKEY

Service Number: 5445420
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

II. E. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Wilkey, of Horfield, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription YOU FELL ASLEEP BUT BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WE'LL ALWAYS KEEP. DAD, MUM AND BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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