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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ARTHUR JAMES GROVE

Service Number: 2736283
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

VI. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Grove and Eliza Grove, of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 809
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