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Lance Serjeant WILLIAM PETERSON

Service Number: 4392200
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. G. 35.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Frederick and Elizabeth Peterson, of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THAT WHICH WE ALL CHERISH, FREEDOM. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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