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Rifleman JOHN SAMUEL HERSEY

Service Number: 6967192
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

9th (lst Bn. The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 3.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Sarah Elizabeth Hersey, of Dagenham, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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