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Private WILLIAM WEST

Service Number: 5618543
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 February 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

26. E. 11.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lily Maud West, of Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription I KNOW THAT YOU ARE MILES AWAY, BUT IN MY HEART YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY- MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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