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Gunner WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 1591087
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

54 (1/5th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY

18. 7. 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lily Smith, of Skirlaugh, Hull.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 198
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