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Private RALPH SIMPSON WELSH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

2nd Leicestershire (South Leicester) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1942

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRAUNSTONE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

Grave 512.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Elizabeth Welsh; husband of Bertha Welsh, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription DIED THROUGH ILLNESS CONTRACTED WHILE ON DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

BRAUNSTONE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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