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Corporal WILLIAM HARVEY

Service Number: 4859468
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

49th (West Riding) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

III. C. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Agnes Elizabeth Harvey; husband of Elizabeth Gladys Harvey, of Maerdy, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE DEAREST ONE OF THE BEST NOW IN GOD'S KEEPING SAFELY AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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