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Private DOUGLAS WILLIAM CHARLES COLYER

Service Number: 14576948
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

VII. B. 8.

Algeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Agnes Jessie Colyer, of Highwood, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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