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Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE GEOFFREY LIGHTLY WILLIS

Service Number: 42264
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters),

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. E. 15.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hestor Catherine Willis; husband of Peggy Willis, of Woking, Surrey. B.A.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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