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Gunner WILLIAM DERRICK ASTBURY

Service Number: 4193923
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

93 (6th Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

XV. B. 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Gwenyth Astbury, of Llay, Denbighshire.
  • Personal Inscription "HOW BRIGHT THESE GLORIOUS SPIRITS SHINE"
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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