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Private WALTER EDWIN SAINSBURY

Service Number: 1776795
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XVIII, C, 3.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edwin and Elizabeth Sainsbury; husband of Hilda Sainsbury, of Dagenham, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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