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Lieutenant JOHN HENRY PERSSE

Service Number: 232598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th (1st Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

VII, A, 4.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Seymour Persse and Emily Henrietta Persse, of Upper Lambourn, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription ST. JOHN 3, VERSE 16 PSALM 21, VERSE 4
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 949
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