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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES CHARLES

Service Number: 3909382
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 6.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Annie Maud Charles, of Cefn Fforest, Pengam, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. MAM AND EDITH
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Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 1426
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