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Bombardier WILLIAM HENRY OVERTON

Service Number: 984606
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

62 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1944

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

VI. F. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry Thomas Overton and S. F. Overton, of Coseley, Staffordshire; husband of T. Overton.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COUNTRY CALLED, HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE. PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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