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Private WILLIAM JOSIAH SMITH

Service Number: 4125642
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

3. B. 10.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Josiah and Mary Smith, of Birkenhead.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING IN GOD'S GARDEN. WE WILL MEET AGAIN WHEN LIFE'S JOURNEY IS ENDED. MAM, DAD AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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