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Guardsman WILLIAM GEORGE COPPERTHWAITE

Service Number: 2619698
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 16.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alfred and Lilian May Copperthwaite, of Hillingdon, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription TIME TAKES AWAY THE EDGE OF GRIEF MEMORY TURNS BACK EVERY LEAF. MY DEAR SON
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Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Belgium) Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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