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Gunner ERIC WILLIAM YELLAND

Service Number: 56588
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

28 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 1.

Eritrea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas Yelland and Violet Evelyn Yelland, of Clitheroe, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE HERE OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 284
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