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Private PERCY WARD

Service Number: 5510842
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY

IV. E. 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Frank and Mabel Annie Ward, of Gunville, Isle of Wight. His brother Leonard Douglas also fell.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 582
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