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Serjeant WILLIAM HENRY BERESFORD

Service Number: 4966491
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

1/5 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1945

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

6. E. 75.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Sarah Beresford, of Ripley, Derbyshire; husband of Vera Beresford.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GENTLY CLOSED YOUR EYES AND TOOK YOU TO A GARDEN OF REST. LOVING MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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