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Lance Corporal WILLIAM BOTTOMLEY

Service Number: 2622152
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

4th Coy., 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 February 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

III. A. 7.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Annie Bottomley, of Withington, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription PROUDLY YOU ANSWERED THE CALL, NOBLY YOUR DUTY DONE. FOR EVER WITH THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1230
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