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Lance Corporal WILLIAM CHARLES ROOTS

Service Number: 7917946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

44th

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

20. D. 3.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Gertrude Lilian Roots, of Bethersden, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS HEART TO HIS HOME, HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND HIS SOUL TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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