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Lieutenant OLIVER WATSON-JONES

Service Number: 140486
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

The Hallamshire Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

II. J. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bernard and Aileen Watson-Jones; husband of Flora Watson-Jones, of York.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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