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Serjeant WILLIAM JARVIS CLEWS

Service Number: 4449177
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY

Sec. D. Cons. Grave 188.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Emma Ridley Clews, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, nephew of John Hinson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription TIME MAY PASS AND FADE AWAY BUT MEMORIES OF HIM WILL ALWAYS STAY
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 166
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