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Private JOHN BENNETT COLLEY

Service Number: 439116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY

IV, A, 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Richard and Gladys Mildred Colley, of Filey, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNSELFISH, WILLING AND KIND BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES HE LEFT BEHIND. SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 769
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