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Lance Corporal HARRY SHORT

Service Number: 1921111
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

113 Bomb Disposal Sec.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 7.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Annie Short; husband of Lillian Jane Short, of Westminster, London.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP IN GOD'S GARDEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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