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Rifleman WILLIAM JAMES HEGAN

Service Number: 7046474
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

1st (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IIIA. B. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jane Hegan, of Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING

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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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