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Corporal HARRY RICHARD WIRE

Service Number: 5440668
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XV. C. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Richard Wire and of Ethel Wire (nee Baulk); husband of Rhoda Mary Wire, of Peckham, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND HARRY. THE SUN WENT DOWN WHILE IT WAS YET DAY
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