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Second Engineer Officer WILLIAM ROBERTS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Speke (Liverpool).

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY

Sec. 12. Nonconformist. Grave 682.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Jane Roberts; husband of Elsie Roberts, of Kensington, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE SAVED OTHERS BUT COULD NOT SAVE HIMSELF. LOVING MEMORIES. WIFE LIL
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Buried or commemorated at

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