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Private WILLIAM ARTHUR (BILL) DRAPER

Service Number: 14303678
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XII. A. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur William and Bertha Ellen Draper; husband of Gertrude Draper, of Woodville, Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND BILL. HE DIED TO ATONE FOR SINS NOT HIS OWN
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