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Private WILLIAM YARDLEY

Service Number: 3763279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1947

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOOTLE CEMETERY

Sec. 6. C. of E. Grave 485.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Yardley, of Litherland, Liverpool; husband of Emma Yardley, of Litherland, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING FREE FROM PAIN WE WOULD NOT WAKE HIM TO SUFFER AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BOOTLE CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 199
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