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Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM BASIL SAMUEL J. A. E. WILBERFORCE

Service Number: 28311
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1943

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

9. B. 1.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Cdg. 1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of William Basil Wilberforce and of Margaret Wilberforce (nee Moody), of Markington, Yorkshire; husband of Cecilia Wilberforce (nee Dormer), of Markington.
  • Personal Inscription ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY. REQUIESCAT IN PACE
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