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Private WILLIAM ARMITAGE

Service Number: 14002720
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

1. C. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emma Armitage, of Hyde Park, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD ONE DAY WAS GATHERING FLOWERS AND ON HIS WAY HE GATHERED OURS
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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