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Private RICHARD GEORGE ESSEX

Service Number: 4913731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2nd (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. B. 12.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard G. and Ada Essex, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Patricia Essex, of Grimsby.

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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