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Wars Last Goodbyes
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In
Loving memory
Of our dear son
William Charles Winwood
8th Battn Tank Corps who was
Killed in action at Cambrai
Dec 1st 1917 aged 21
Sleep on dear son in a soldier's grave
Your life for your country you nobly gave
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Pershore Cemetery
Worcestershire
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William Charles
Winwood
1896
Pershore, Worcestershire
1st December 1917
Killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai in the attack at Villers-Guislains and Gauche Wood
21
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France
First World War
Private
H Battalion Tank Corps
Worcestershire Regiment, Motor Machine Gun Service R.A.
All H battalion tanks began with the letter H, and were also known as the 8th Battalion Tank Corps
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