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Lieutenant JOSEPH MICHAEL DERRETT

Service Number: 200705
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

VII. E. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Percy Alfred Derrett and May Clare Derrett, of Palmer's Green, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY. HIS COURAGE AND MEMORY WILL LIVE FOR EVER

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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