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Trooper WILLIAM JOHN TELFORD

Service Number: 106125
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

"B" Sqn., 2nd Lothians and Border Horse

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave II. D. 13.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Telford and of Devina Telford (nee Irving); husband of Vera Telford (nee Yardley), of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVED AND DIED FOR OTHERS THAT THE LIVING MAY BE WORTHIER
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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