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Marine WILLIAM WILFRED TAYLOR

Service Number: PLY/X 2751
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Rodney.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

Plot P. Row 3. Grave 5.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Janet Taylor, of Darlington, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS FATHER, MOTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Orkney United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 691
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