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Private WILLIAM HELSBY

Service Number: 3860929
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XVIII. F. 11.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Ellen Helsby, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Olive Margaret Helsby, of Tonge, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription MAY WE BE WORTHY OF THE THINGS FOR WHICH HE GAVE HIS LIFE
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