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Major JOHN HENRY FRANCE

Service Number: 105978
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

VI. D. 5.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of George and Sarah Ann France; husband of Kathleen Mary France, of Bayston Hill, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

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