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Rifleman CECIL WILSON

Service Number: 14414731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

2. G. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel George and Hannah Jane Wilson, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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