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83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, consisted of 329th Battery, 330th Battery and 460th Battery. They served with 53rd (Welsh) Division and saw action across North Western Europe.
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Those known to have served with
83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
during the Second World War 1939-1945.
- Keeling Leslie Percy. Gnr.
- Williams John Alexander Daniel. Lt. (d.18th March 1944)
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Lt. John Alexander Daniel Williams 83rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.18th March 1944)
Lieutenant Williams was the son of John and Sheelagh Williams of Tullamore.He was 24 when he died and is buried in Grave A in the Durrow (St. Columbcille) Catholic Churchyard, Durrow, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
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