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Lance Serjeant HENRY CHARLES WEST

Service Number: 6008004
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 22 May 1940 and 26 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row F. Grave 32.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sophia West, of Chingford, Essex; husband of Doris West, of Chingford.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES THEM FROM OUR HOMES BUT NOT FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 148
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