Service Details
Name:
 IRVING
Given Name:
 WILLIAM LEWIS
Initials:
 W L
Service No:
 6129
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-16
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Date of Birth:
 1908-06-19
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of accidental injuries, suffered shrapnel wounds to his hand, chest and abdomen when a 20mm shell he was handling, possibly negligently, exploded. He was injured on the 15th October but died in hospital the next day
Additional
Information:
Son of Rev. W. H. Irving, of Charnwood, Davenport Road, Durban. Born in Vryheid, Natal. A farmer by profession. On Kearsney College Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXIII. H. 17.

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