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Gunner WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMS

Service Number: 1455220
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

85 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

2. G. 41.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Adams; husband of Joyce Jean Adams, of Bloxham, Oxfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS REMEMBERED. TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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