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Gunner WILLIAM EDWARD ASTLEY

Service Number: 1492596
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

9 Coast Regt.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

35. F. 17.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Florence Edith Astley, of Tregynon, Montgomeryshire.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING THOUGHTS WILL EVER LINGER ROUND THE SPOT WHERE HE IS LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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