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Private RICHARD JAMES BRITNELL

Service Number: 5390172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

III. C. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Edith Britnell; husband of Lilian May Britnell, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES THAT NEVER FADE OF ONE WE LOVED AND COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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