DELANEY, William Henry
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Border Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3860444
Born:
Wednesday, May 31, 1916
Died:
1989
Place died:
Bolton, Lancashire
Private William Delaney was wounded 19 March 1944 during operations in Italy (Anzio Beachhead). Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/73.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 89 (1989).
[Image] Dawn Poole, granddaughter.
Note
His father and namesake 14615 Private William Henry Delaney, 9th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was killed during WW1 on 19 January 1916 aged 33. Remembered with honour at Gunners Farm Military Cemetery, Belgium.
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