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Trooper PHILIP SMITHSON

Service Number: 10601134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

56th Recce Regt.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

VI. B. 17.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John H. and Ann Smithson, of Chapelhall, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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