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Private WILLIAM SWORD

Service Number: 13004088
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1942

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY

Sec. A.C. Row 10. Grave 79.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Sword; husband of Annie Sword, of Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY. TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN. ONE OF THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

OLDHAM (GREENACRES) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 150
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