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Private WILLIAM TIMMS

Service Number: 2089833
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 January 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

5. A. 22.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Blanche Timms, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
  • Personal Inscription EARTH IS LESS FRAGRANT NOW AND HEAVEN MORE SWEET. LOVING MOTHER, DAD AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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