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Second Lieutenant Major Ronald WILLIAMS

4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
25 Apr 2024
Written by Jeremy Elsworth
1939-40
YORK [1929-1933] Head of House & School Prefect
YORK [1929-1933] Head of House & School Prefect

Major served in France with his battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force. At time of his death on Sunday 19th May 1940 he was 24 years of age. He is buried in Isieres Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

Younger son of Jesse Williams & Victoria Evelyn Williams of Great Meols, Hoylake, Cheshire. His elder brother George [N.1927-31] was killed in France in 1944.

 

This brief story is also available to download here.

See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’ relating to:- Sec-Lieutenant Major Ronald WILLIAMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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