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Gunner WILLIAM JAMES THIRKELD

Service Number: 843527
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

4 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 1.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Mary Elizebeth Thirkeld, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS IS A MEMORY KEPT OF OUR DEAR SON NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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