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Private WILLIAM JOHN CARPENTER

Service Number: 6471483
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Catering Corps

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XI. E. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Royal Engineers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Carpenter, of Porth, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription OUR HEARTS ARE BURIED HERE WITH OUR BOY WHO DIED THAT THE WORLD SHOULD BE FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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