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Private WILLIAM GEORGE DEVONSHIRE

Service Number: S/14537921
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

17. B. 15.

Netherlands

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. 1st Airborne Div.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Grace Devonshire, of Islington, London.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVELY SMILE, A HAPPY FACE, A BROKEN LINK WE CAN NEVER REPLACE. GOD BLESS HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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