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Corporal WILLIAM HANSON

Service Number: 4616637
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

5. D. 10.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah Ann Hanson, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Maud Hanson, of Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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