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Able Seaman WILLIAM A. GORING

Service Number: V/5796
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.C.S. Saguenay

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

Sec. 11. C. of E. Joint grave 2593.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Georgina Goring, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST OF THE MANY, HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 205
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