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Sergeant WILLIAM LEONARD FORTESCUE

Service Number: 563551
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

8. F. 17.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Beresford Fortescue and Bertha Connie Fortescue; husband of Gertrude Man Fortescue.
  • Personal Inscription "I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: FOR THOU ART WITH ME"
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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