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Private JOHN GAREY

Service Number: 5116247
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Catherine Garey, of Balsall Heath, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription EVERY LEAF MAY FADE EVERY SUN MAY SET BUT WE SHALL NEVER FORGET. MUM, DAD, BROTHER, SISTER
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Buried or commemorated at

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