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Private WILLIAM HORROCKS

Service Number: 3388560
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1944

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

6. K. 6.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sophia Horrocks, of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire; husband of Clara Horrocks (nee Duxbury).
  • Personal Inscription HIS HEART WAS GOOD, HIS SPIRIT BRAVE, HIS RESTING PLACE A HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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