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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ALFRED FRANCIS

Service Number: 5672221
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

30th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. A. 15.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest John and Elizabeth Francis, of Colchester, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS LOVING READY TO AID THE DEAREST SON GOD EVER MADE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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