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Private WILLIAM JOHN ARTHUR GROOM

Service Number: 14424494
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

II. D. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Arthur Groom and of Elizabeth Groom (nee Barnett).
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

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