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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES NESBITT

Service Number: 7012895
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DENDERLEEUW COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 567.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Jeannie Nesbitt, of Keady, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS. EVER REMEMBERED BY FATHER AND BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

DENDERLEEUW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1
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