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Captain DERRICK WILLIAM GAYLARD

Service Number: 99819
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY

VII. E. 20.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Frederick and Caroline Jessie Gaylard, of South Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription AFTER BEING TWICE WOUNDED HE CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR US. MOTHER, DAD AND VERNON
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Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1255
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