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Private WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN FRANCIS

Service Number: 5115585
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

I. F. 8.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Ambrose Francis and Ellen Ann Francis, of Carshalton, Surrey; husband of Gertrude Maud Francis, of Carshalton.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIES AT REST SO FAR AWAY YET SEEMS SO VERY NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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