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Private WILLIAM CHARLES EGAN

Service Number: 5436566
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY

3.K.7.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles and Mary Egan, of Marazion, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 200
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