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Private WILLIAM RICHARD GEORGE STANDEN

Service Number: 14764239
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

3. F. 2.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jesse and Eliza Standen; husband of Dorothy Ethel Standen, of Streatham, London.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD BUT TRUE AND I WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 1426
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