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Corporal JOSEPH (JARVO) TOLLEY

Service Number: 4691941
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1940

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Thomas Tolley and Mary Ann Tolley; husband of Edith May Tolley, of South Kirkby, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription A SOLDIER SO TRUE, HE WAS IN THE FRAY. ALL HIS PALS KNEW HE WENT GOD'S WAY. FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

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