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Staff Serjeant WILLIAM RICHARD REES

Service Number: 7608876
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 09 January 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 117A.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John and Gwenllian Rees, of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HENFFYCH I'R DYDD CAWN ETO GWRDD
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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