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Private WILLIAM RIVERS

Service Number: 4919062
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY

III.D.2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alan and Pattie Rivers, of Haymills, Birmingham; husband of Frances Rivers, of Haymills.
  • Personal Inscription TO THE WORLD A SOLDIER TO US ALL THE WORLD R.I.P. FRANCES, TONY, MAUREEN AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 400
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