118058 Gunner Wilfred Harry Bailey TAPPER, 87 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: 18/07/1943

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembering Today

    Casualty Details
    TAPPER, WILFRED HARRY BAILEY

    Rank: Gunner
    Service No: 1118058
    Date of Death: 18/07/1943
    Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 87 Field Regt.
    Grave Reference: 2. B. 9.
    Cemetery: MOSUL WAR CEMETERY
    Additional Information: Son of Henry and Sarah Tapper, of Uplyme, Devon.
     
  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
    Name: Wilfred Tapper
    Given Initials: W H B
    Rank: Gunner
    Death Date: 18 Jul 1943
    Number: 1118058
    Birth Place: Dorset
    Residence: Dorset
    Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
    Theatre of War: Persia-Iraq
    Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery
    Branch at Death: Royal Artillery


    Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    Name: Gunner Wilfred Harry Tapper
    Death Date: 18 Jul 1943
    Cemetery: Mosul War Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Kirkuk, Kirkuk, Iraq
    Has Bio?: N
    URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

    Makes one wonder what the cemetery looks like today - sad

    TD
     
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  3. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    Enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940. Died of heat stroke.

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