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Trooper WILLIAM THOMAS CORNISH

Service Number: 4926034
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

'C' Sqn. Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1942

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XI. F. 6.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Samuel Pailing Cornish, and of Hannah Elizabeth Cornish, of Clapton Park, London.
  • Personal Inscription WENT THE DAY WELL? HE DIED AND NEVER KNEW. HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE
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