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Chief Officer WILLIAM PAUL GETTY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Ashbury (Glasgow)

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THURSO (MOUNT VERNON) CEMETERY

Sec. E. Coll. grave 24.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Frederick and Josephine Getty; husband of Erena Marjorie Getty, of Thorne, Yorkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

THURSO (MOUNT VERNON) CEMETERY
Caithness-shire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 66
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