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Sapper DOUGLAS WILSON

Service Number: 1889089
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

272 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHEPSHED CEMETERY

Plot 109. Grave 40.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilson; husband of L. Wilson, of Shepshed.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

SHEPSHED CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 20
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