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Private JOHN WILLIAMS

Service Number: 4753709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

6. B. 18.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Amy Williams, of Castleford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOLD HIM IN THINE ARMS, O LORD, LOVE HIM AS WE LOVED HIM WITH THY LOVE DIVINE
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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