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Lance Corporal WILLIAM WHITEHURST

Service Number: D/14758
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

8th (H.D.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 December 1939

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STAINFORTH CEMETERY

Sec. 1. Row W. Grave 52.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Annie Whitehurst; husband of Annie Whitehurst, of Stainforth.
  • Personal Inscription YEARS MAY PASS BUT HEARTS THAT LOVED YOU ARE HEARTS THAT NEVER FORGET. YOUR LOVING WIFE AND SONS
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Buried or commemorated at

STAINFORTH CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 18
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