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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JOHN COOMBS

Service Number: 5190690
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XIX. C. 7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Amelia Elizabeth Coombs, of Lower Easton, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription STILL OURS IN LOVE, THOUGHT AND PRAYERS. LONGED FOR. MUM AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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