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Volunteer WILLIAM WHELAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

1st County of Lancaster (Barrow) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 March 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

Sec. 7. R.C. Grave 2531.

United Kingdom

Barrow-in-Furness (Thorncliffe) Cemetery photographed for the Our War Graves, Your History campaign in 2020. Images by In-Press for CWGC. CWGC has all rights.

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly Border Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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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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