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Able Seaman FRED WHITBY

Service Number: D/JX 348639
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Copra.

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. C. 15.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Frances Ethel Whitby, of Helsby, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription BRAVING THE DANGER HE BORE THE PAIN IN GOD'S OWN TIME WE'LL MEET HIM AGAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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