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Private ERNEST HENRY (CHUM) WILLIS

Service Number: 4209736
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. P. 8.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William H. Willis and Annie G. Willis, of Barry, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES REMAIN EVER FRAGRANT: LOVE OUTLIVES THIS CHANGE CALLED DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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