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Skipper JOHN SOANES

Service Number: WSA/1920
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Drifter "The Throne."

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. D. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Rosa Lilian Soanes, of 11, North Rd., Gorleston, Great Yarmouth.
  • Personal Inscription THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF ROSA LILIAN SOANES EVER NEAR IN HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 315
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