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
- 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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