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Sapper WILLIAM BROWN ADAMS

Service Number: 4271599
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1 Parachute Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

24. B. 20.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lancelot and Sarah Jane Adams; husband of N. K. Adams.
  • Personal Inscription FULL OF COURAGE HE GAVE HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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