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Lieutenant WILFRED RAYMOND CRESSWELL

Service Number: 285626
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XVIII, L, 4.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Husband of Audrey Cresswell, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription ALL YOU HAD HOPED FOR ALL YOU HAD, YOU GAVE TO SAVE MANKIND; YOURSELF YOU SCORNED TO SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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