6098225 L/Corporal Cecil Percival DORSETT, MiD, 6th Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: 23/04/1943

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    Army Number: 6098225
    Rank: Lance-Corporal
    Name: Cecil Percival DORSETT, MiD
    Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment


    London Gazette : 23 September 1943
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36180/supplement/4228/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa.
    R.W.K.
    6098225 Lce.-Corpl. C. P. Dorset. (Died of wounds.)
     
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    Casualty Details | CWGC
    LANCE CORPORAL CECIL PERCIVAL DORSETT

    Service Number: 6098225
    Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
    Regiment & Unit/Ship: 6th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
    Date of Death: 23 April 1943
    Age 26 years old
    Buried or commemorated at OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: 1. H. 19.
    Location: Tunisia
    Additional Info: Son of Percival and Gladys Clara Dorsett; husband of Evelyn Pearl Dorsett, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.
    Personal Inscription: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER HIM
     

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