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Sub-Lieutenant (A) WILLIAM DEREK WHEWAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Gannet.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAUGHANVALE (ST. CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD

Grave 18.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Reginald and Marjorie Elsie Wheway, of Walsall, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF A GRAND BOY
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Buried or commemorated at

FAUGHANVALE (ST. CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD
County Londonderry United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 35
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