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Leading Seaman WILLIAM OSCAR ELSEY

Service Number: C/NX979
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Bermuda.

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1946

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 2.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Oscar and Jessie Elsey; husband of Lilian Jessie Elsey, of Devonport.
  • Personal Inscription FAR AWAY FROM ENGLAND BUT HEAVEN IS HIS HOME. EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS, WIFE AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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