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Sapper WILLIAM HENRY RAYTON

Service Number: 895866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEEDS (HUNSLET NEW) CEMETERY

Sec. 4. Gen. Grave 1431.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Isaac and Emily Rayton, of Middleton, Leeds; husband of Gertrude Rayton, of Middleton, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM, BELOVED HUSBAND OF GERTRUDE. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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