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Driver WILLIAM RICHARD FLETCHER

Service Number: 2332035
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. S. 6.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Fletcher, of Custom House, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED IN LIFE TREASURED IN DEATH A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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