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Gnr. William Meakin
British Army 89th Battery Royal Artillery
from:Tibshelf, Derbyshire
(d.23rd Nov 1942)
William Meakin died as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese at the time of the fall of Singapore. Just discovered that he is not named on the village War Memorial but now we know, we will remember him.