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Private WILLIAM PILLING KERSHAW

Service Number: 14518003
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XII. D. 1.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Amelia Kershaw, of Rochdale, Lancashire; husband of Emily Kershaw, of Rochdale.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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