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Private William Henry Clasen

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Military service

Service number: 6401787
Age: 29
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Sussex Regiment
Division: 5th Cinque Ports Bn.
Death: May 27, 1940

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Plot 8. Row A. Grave 27.
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Son of Henry Paul Clasen and of Kate Clasen (nee Steadman); husband of Violet Joan Clasen, of Newhaven, Sussex.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 11 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LONGUENESSE (ST OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY is on the southern outskirts of St Omer and is about 45 kilometres south-east of Calais. When approaching the cemetery from St. Omer centre follow in the direction of Abbeville on the D 928. As you leave the town towards Longuenesse drive up the hill for about 600 metres and the cemetery is on your left.

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