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Private WILLIAM FRANCIS COLBERT

Service Number: 4536662
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY

3.J.7.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Nell Colbert, of Acomb, York.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 512
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