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Private WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 3716796
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1945

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

18. J. 10.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Owen and Elizabeth E. Smith, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES THE BEST FOR REASONS DIVINE BUT MEMORIES LAST TO THE END OF TIME
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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