Driver Gaskell, William

Craig Robertson

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Full NameWilliam Sylvester Gaskell
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NumberT/129275
RankDriver
Nationality
Date of Birth17.12.1916 Wigan, Lancashire
Date of Death10.09.1943 (Aged 26)
GravesiteBrookwood Memorial, Surrey, England Panel 16 Column 2
FatherJohn Gaskell (died 25th May 1962, Aged 80)
MotherEmily Gaskell (died 24th May 1952, Aged 69)
Both parents buried Birkdale Cemetery, Liverpool Road, Sefton
William mentioned on the Grave stone.
Enlisted
Militaryparent unit Royal Army Service Corps
joined PPA July 1943
PPA HQ
Lt McGillivray's gunner
drowned when HMS Abdiel struck mine in Taranto harbour
Married
Further Informationresided Southport, Lancashire

 
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