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Corporal WILLIAM FREDERICK WATKINS

Service Number: 3965151
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. U. 10.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Emily Watkins, of Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex; husband of Joan Evelyn Watkins, of Dagenham, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription SILENT THOUGHTS AND SWEET MEMORIES KEEP YOU EVER NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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