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Corporal WILLIAM LAMB

Service Number: PLY/X1780
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Exeter.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY

5. K. 10.

Indonesia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary T. Lamb, of Leith, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 1181
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