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Serjeant WILLIAM PLACE

Service Number: 4342789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAMERTON FOLIOTT (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

N.W. of Church.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Place; husband of Joyce Lorraine Place, of Tamerton Foliot.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

TAMERTON FOLIOTT (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7
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