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Lance Corporal WILLIAM RICHARD OWEN

Service Number: 2734393
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

1. N. 22.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 3 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Margret Owen; husband of Joan Owen, of Putney, London.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND AND DADDY. HE WILL DWELL WITHIN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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