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Colour Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN AXTEL DAY

Service Number: CH/16630
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1940

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY

Row E. Joint grave 1.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Louise Day; husband of Violet May Day, of Peckham, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. OUR SON WILLIAM WAS LOST IN H.M.S. "COSSACK" 23.10.1941 AGE 18
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