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Rifleman ROBERT WILLIAM WARD

Service Number: 6985830
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

1st Bn. The London Irish Rifles

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

II, E, 62.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Lena Ward, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW SOFTLY O'ER THIS SWEET AND HALLOWED SPOT
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Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1192
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