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Marine HERBERT WILLIAM HANSELL

Service Number: PO/216931
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Erebus.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1942

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 2. A. 16.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Albert and Sarah Elizabeth Hansell, of Norwich.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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