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Serjeant WILLIAM TILLEY

Service Number: 13023399
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

76 Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. E. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rubina Alice Tilley, of Widnes, Lancashire, England; husband of Jessie Tilley (nee Roberts), of Widnes.
  • Personal Inscription WHILE THE LIGHT LASTS WE WILL REMEMBER, WHEN DARKNESS FALLS WE WILL NOT FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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