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Fusilier WILLIAM L. ELLIS

Service Number: 4275821
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Plot 2 Row 6 Grave 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Lewis Ellis, and of Sarah Ellis, of Backworth, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE. LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS MOTHER, SISTERS AND FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1269
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