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Serjeant JOHN BLAIR

Service Number: 4344134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

IV. C. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Foster-son of Mr. I. Blair, of Great Burdon, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 809
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