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Sapper WILLIAM FRANCIS SMITH

Service Number: 1903051
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

560 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

2. J. 55.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Alice Amelia Smith, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, LET US HOPE IT WAS NOT IN VAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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