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Private WILLIAM BRIGHT

Service Number: 5350377
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

7. B. 8.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Ward of Mrs. B. Hanslip, of Redbridge, Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT HE DIED FOR, PLEASE GOD, LET NOT OTHERS CAST AWAY LIGHTLY
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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