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Private WILLIAM WILSON

Service Number: 4532717
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1942

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave XXXIII. D. 23-26.

Egypt

Photo of Headstone for Corporal Smart and Private Wilson Cas ID's 2211981 & 2213092

Photographer: MA

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Wilson, of Hull; husband of Dorothy Wilson, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES. I LOVED YOU TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET. DEVOTED WIFE DOROTHY
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