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Bombardier WILLIAM CORNEALOUS WHITNEY

Service Number: 4924410
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD

Grave 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Cornealous Whitney and Emily Whitney, of Wolverhampton.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST-EN-AUGE CHURCHYARD
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 12
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