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Private WILLIAM PERCY MEAKIN

Service Number: 5335201
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1945

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. S. Uncons. Grave 1188.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Percy and Janet May Meakin, of Leicester; grandson of Janet Roffey, of Leicester.
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 347
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