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Private WILLIAM YOUNG HENDERSON

Service Number: 2889238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. G. 30.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eveline Henderson, of Edinburgh.
  • 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

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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