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Sergeant WILLIAM ILLINGWORTH

Service Number: 1387760
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

78 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1943

Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row AA. Grave 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Rose Illingworth; husband of Lilian Doris Illingworth, of Forest Gate, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES YET OF A DEAR HUSBAND I SHALL NEVER FORGET. LILIAN
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Buried or commemorated at

ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 608
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