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Private WILLIAM ROURKE

Service Number: 14609111
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXVI. B. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Douglas and Mary Alice Rourke. of Trafford Park, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR BILL AND HAVE YOUR REST FOR ALL OF US YOU DID YOUR BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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