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Lieutenant WILLIAM HOLDEN FAIRCLOUGH

Service Number: 160181
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

8th

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

IX. A. 6.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Cheshire Yeomanry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Vincent and Ada Fairclough, of Kenyon, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ELDEST SON OF VINCENT AND ADA FAIRCLOUGH KENYON, LANCASHIRE. "OUR LADY PRAY FOR HIM" R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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