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Major General HARRY WILLANS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

General Staff

Date of Death

Died 05 February 1943

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

10. B. 3.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Artist's Rifles
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Companion of the Bath, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Territorial Decoration
  • Additional Info Son of James Tetley Willans and Henrietta Mary Willans; husband of Dorothy Joan Willans, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Served in the 1914-18 war with the Bedfordshire Regiment (Mentioned in Despatches twice).
  • Personal Inscription CUM MARTE MINERVA
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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