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Master WILLIAM ROCKETT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Mersey (Goole).

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1940

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOOLE CEMETERY

Sec. D. West Plot. Grave 3259.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Rockett; husband of Fanny Rockett, of Goole.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVEN'S MORNING BREAKS AND EARTH'S VAIN SHADOWS FLEE, IN LIFE, IN DEATH O LORD ABIDE WITH ME
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Buried or commemorated at

GOOLE CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 63
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