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Sapper WILLIAM SAXBY

Service Number: 2002239
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MELBOURNE CEMETERY

Grave 3188.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Amy Saxby, foster-son of Charles Edward and Hannah Mary Saxby, of Newark Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED. ALWAYS A SMILE AND A HEART OF GOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

MELBOURNE CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 23
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