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Gunner WILLIAM RICHARD HILES

Service Number: 1817110
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

15 Bty., 6. H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 30 December 1942

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Brit. Sec. Q. D. 12.

Japan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert H. and Edith M. Hiles, of Swansea; husband of Harriet Hiles, of St. Thomas, Swansea.
  • Personal Inscription THE TRAGIC WAY IN WHICH HE DIED WILL ALWAYS MAKE US WONDER WHY
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