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Serjeant WILLIAM PILKINGTON

Service Number: 2019853
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

856 Heavy Bridging Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 January 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY

6. K. 1.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Ann Pilkington, of Wigan, Lancashire; husband of Hilda Pilkington, of Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription WITH LOVE. YOUR DEVOTED WIFE HILDA
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Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1603
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