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Marine WILLIAM TAAFFE

Service Number: PLY/X 103178
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

No. 41 R.M. Commando.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 24.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and May Taaffe, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Nora Taaffe. His brother Geoffrey also fell.
  • Personal Inscription A SORROW TOO GREAT TO BE TOLD BUT TO THOSE WHO LOVED HIM HIS MEMORY WILL NOT GROW OLD
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