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Major GERALD ALLEN LAFONE VAWDREY

Service Number: 66135
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

IX. H. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gerald Glascott Vawdrey, and of Mary Constance Vawdrey, of Winchester; husband of Bridget Ann Vawdrey.
  • Personal Inscription SO HE PASSED OVER, AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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