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Corporal WILLIAM HARPER

Service Number: 5253511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXIII. C. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Lucy Harper; husband of Irma Harper, of Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription "TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" WITH LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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