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Major WILLIAM JAMES DOUGLASS

Service Number: 40663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

17. A. 9.

Singapore

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Nicholas Gerald and Dorothy Douglass; husband of Jocelyn Douglass, of Hale, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH SHADOWING US AND OURS? JESUS HAS VANQUISHED DEATH AND ALL ITS POWERS

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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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