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Private JAMES CAREY

Service Number: 4751609
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

20. D. 9.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Carey, and of Lilian Carey, of Bierley, Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAR SON I LOVED AND LOST. R.I.P. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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