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Private WILLIAM SELBY STEARNE

Service Number: 5826886
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

B4. U. 13.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Denis George and Sarah Stearne, of Wilby, Norfolk, husband of Florence Stearne, of Unsworth, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 3770
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