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Rifleman WILLIAM ERNEST LEGATE

Service Number: 6857819
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

IV. C. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hilda May Legate.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AND NEVER KNEW, BUT WELL OR ILL, ENGLAND HE DIED FOR YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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