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Lance Corporal JOHN FREDERICK SMEDLEY

Service Number: 4928211
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Mabel Annie Smedley, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO GIVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND. DEARLY LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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