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Trooper WILLIAM WOOD

Service Number: 4531263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps

56th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave IV. M. 6-7.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elijah and Elizabeth Ann Wood; Husband of Annie Wood, of Batley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER NOW THE BATTLE-DAY IS PAST NOW UPON THE FARTHER SHORE LANDS THE VOYAGER AT LAST
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Buried or commemorated at

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1579
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