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Private WILLIAM JOHN STANDING

Service Number: 6400285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY

VI. B. 26.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Standing, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 233
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