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Guardsman WILFRED LIONEL ELMS

Service Number: 2658465
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XXII. E. 5.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Lilien Elms, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN EVERLASTING MEMORY. A DEAR SON & BROTHER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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