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Lance Corporal WILLIAM EDWIN WRIGGLESWORTH

Service Number: 4535484
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

20. E. 17.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fredrick William and Hilda Wrigglesworth; husband of Edna Wrigglesworth, of New Earswick, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER. HIS WIFE EDNA AND SONS
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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