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Major WILLIAM HENRY COOMBS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Indian Land Forces Special List

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1943

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

10. G. 15.

India

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  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Katherine Elizabeth Coombs; husband of Beryl Frances Coombs, of Woolston, Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE, WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY?"
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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