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Corporal WILLIAM JAMES GEORGE SOAFT

Service Number: 4864068
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY

III.D.13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Florence Emma Soaft; husband of Winifred Esther Soaft, of Upper Holloway, London.
  • Personal Inscription HERE RESTS HIS HEAD UPON THE LAP OF EARTH, A YOUTH TO FORTUNE AND TO FAME UNKNOWN
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Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 400
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