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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES HILTON

Service Number: 1922043
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

21 Field Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

3. F. 31.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ada Hilton, of Preston. Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS HEART WAS GOOD HIS SPIRIT BRAVE HIS RESTING PLACE A HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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