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Trooper WILLIAM JAMES CLAY

Service Number: 5253520
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

61st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XXII. F. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rachel and Rachel Clay; husband of Lily Clay, of Winston Green, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES; MEMORY CLINGS. WIFE AND BABY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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