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Lance Corporal JAMES RAPER

Service Number: 7894384
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

23rd Hussars

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY

VIII. G. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Herbert and Clara Raper, of New Hartley, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS STRIFE IS O'ER HIS BATTLE DONE MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 666
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