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Sapper WILLIAM WADSWORTH

Service Number: 3527733
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

41 Fortress Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. B. 10.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ephraim and Violet Wadsworth, of Oldham, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. HE DIED FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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