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Trooper GWILYAM JAMES WILLIAMS

Service Number: 5253854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

61st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

IV. G. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gwilym and Elisabeth Williams; stepson of W. E. Challis, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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