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Trooper WILLIAM ERIC LEES

Service Number: 305146
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Guards

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 7. Row F. Grave 27.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Alice Lees; husband of Frances Mary Lees, of Maida Hill, London.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE HAS THIS WORD TO SAY: "TIME CANNOT TAKE THEM FROM OUR HEARTS AWAY"
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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