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Cadet WILLIAM ANTHONY LAIN

Service Number: 1796
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Air Training Corps

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1946

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YORK CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE

Section D. Grave 37. 12242.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Ernest and Elsie Lain, of York.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED AND SO SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

YORK CEMETERY, YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 237
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