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Warrant Officer Class Ii WILLIAM HENRY ASKEW

Service Number: 4388271
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. D. 45.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Alice Maud Askew; husband of Josephine Askew.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED IN LIFE REMEMBERED IN DEATH A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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