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Rifleman CECIL PRIESTLEY

Service Number: RH/6855513
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1941

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

16. D. 25.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of V. Priestley, and of Olive Priestley, of Braunton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription YOUNGER SON OF V. AND O. PRIESTLEY. LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM "FOR EVER WITH THE LORD"
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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