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Private WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Service Number: 3600398
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WORKINGTON (HARRINGTON ROAD) CEMETERY

Ward 4. Sec. D. Grave 81.

United Kingdom

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 6 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Mary Frances Shakespeare, of Workington.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

WORKINGTON (HARRINGTON ROAD) CEMETERY
Cumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 39
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