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Pte. William Openshaw
British Army 2nd Battalion Cameronian Scottish Rifles
from:Hamilton
Bill Openshaw was initially in India in the mid 1930's. He left the Army in 1938 and was called back into service in 1939.
He was deployed with BEF to Belgium and was evacuated from Dunkirk.
He sailed for Madagascar but was diverted to Sicily. He fought on through Italy and then the lowlands of Europe.
He was demobbed in 1946 and lived in Liverpool until his death in 1985.