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Serjeant BASIL SAWFORD

Service Number: 5989162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

18. A. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Ellen Sawford, of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Freda Margaret Sawford, of Watford.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY AND SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT
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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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