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Lance Corporal WILLIAM LONSDALE

Service Number: 7909447
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

3rd King's Own Hussars

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

33. E. 1.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Jane Lonsdale, of Ebchester, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription "CHRIST WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN" LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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