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Corporal WILLIAM LAINTON

Service Number: 3663367
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY

I, A, 21.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Harriet Lainton, of Dukinfield, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription JUST ONE OF THE BEST. WE'LL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU TILL GOD HAS CALLED US TOO. DAD, MOTHER, FAMILY AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 625
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