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Platoon Commander WILLIAM BATTLE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

58th Surrey (Purley) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1940

Age 61 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WALLINGTON (BANDON HILL) CEMETERY

Sec. Q. Grave 80.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Battle; husband of Elizabeth J. Battle, of Kenley.
  • Personal Inscription AN ORDINARY ENGLISHMAN
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Buried or commemorated at

WALLINGTON (BANDON HILL) CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 127
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