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Sapper GEORGE WILLIAM STACEY

Service Number: 1909414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

754 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. H. 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Stacey, and of Daisy Maud Stacey, of Tottenham, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD BUT TRUE WE WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE FIRST TO DIE. HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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