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Sapper WILLIAM JAMES CLOSE

Service Number: 1911538
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1945

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY

Sec. 9. R.C. Grave 324.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Close, of Walton, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND WILLIAM. HE GAVE HIS TOMORROW FOR OUR TODAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1009
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