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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ACASTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

47th West Riding (Goole) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1941

Age 57 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOOLE CEMETERY

Sec. C. Plot 4. Grave 260A.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Sary Acaster, of Goole; husband of Annie Acaster, of Goole.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

GOOLE CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 63
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