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Lance Corporal WILLIAM OPENSHAW

Service Number: 5340106
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Berkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTEM CHURCHYARD

South-west corner.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Openshaw, and of Jane Openshaw, of Ascot, Berkshire. His brother Ernest also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS BROTHER ERNEST, R.N. LOST AT SEA 1ST SEPTEMBER 1940
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