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Marine WILLIAM THOMAS SPRINGETT

Service Number: PLY/18667
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Calliope.

Date of Death

Died 21 January 1941

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (RYHOPE ROAD) CEMETERY

Ward 5. Sec. A. Grave 11743.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Thomas Springett and Harriot Springett; stepson of Mr. J. Sleep, of Bere Alston, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVER IN OUR MEMORY. SADLY MISSED BY ALL AT HOME IN DEVON
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Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (RYHOPE ROAD) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 159
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