Colour Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN AXTEL DAY
Service Number: CH/16630
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Marines
Date of Death
Died 10 October 1940
Age 49 years old
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- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William and Louise Day; husband of Violet May Day, of Peckham, London.
- Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. OUR SON WILLIAM WAS LOST IN H.M.S. "COSSACK" 23.10.1941 AGE 18
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