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Gunner WILLIAM WALKER BEGG

Service Number: 2026688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

1 Bty., 1 A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Charlotte Begg, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL ALWAYS KIND, ONE IN A MILLION HIS EQUAL HARD TO FIND
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 7
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