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Bombardier WILLIAM HENRY BRAILSFORD

Service Number: 2100075
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

502 Bty., 149 (6th Bn.. The Sherwood Foresters [Notts. and Derby Regt.]) Lt. A. A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

14. D. 3.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Hilda Brailsford, of Pilsley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE, TO BE SURE, IS NOTHING MUCH TO LOSE; BUT YOUNG MEN THINK IT IS, AND WE WERE YOUNG

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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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