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Fusilier WILLIAM WOODCOCK

Service Number: 3457287
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

II. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie May Woodcock; husband of Jenny Woodcock, of Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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