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Private ALBERT DEWHIRST

Service Number: 4531415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY

C3. 26.

Iceland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Emily May Dewhirst, of Keighley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING MEMORIES OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND DADDY EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. EM. & KATHRYN
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Buried or commemorated at

REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY
Iceland
Number of casualties: 216
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