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Fusilier WILLIAM SAWYER

Service Number: 3455883
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTHPORT (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD

N.E. portion. Grave 482.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: Jennifer Hilton

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Alice Sawyer, of Southport; husband of Phyllis Sawyer, of Churchtown, Southport.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING UNTIL THE DAY DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTHPORT (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 45
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