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Private WILLIAM EDWARD PRIEST

Service Number: 5116348
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY

I. E. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Priest, and of Catherine Priest, of Oakham, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

FOIANO DELLA CHIANA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 256
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