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Warrant Officer Class Ii WILLIAM JOHN CHARLES DECENT

Service Number: 6285834
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

141st (7th Bn. The Buffs [Royal East Kent Regt.]) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 5.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Betsy Ann Decent; husband of Irene Lilian Hetty Decent, of King's Norton, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF A BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER "SAFE IN HIS CARE"
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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