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Serjeant WILLIAM COLIN CRANSTON

Service Number: 408407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

3rd

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

4. F. 12.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lilian Cranston, of Little Hulton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL. ALWAYS REMEMBERED. LOVING WIFE LILY
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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