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Private WILLIAM ARTHUR WHALLEY

Service Number: 6016648
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 7.

Eritrea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rose Emily Whalley, of Hockley, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription COULD WE BUT KNEEL BESIDE HIS GRAVE AND SHED A SILENT TEAR FOR HIM WE LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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