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Trooper DOUGLAS GEORGE GRIMES

Service Number: 7920589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

8th

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XIX. D. 18.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Amy Grimes, of Bristol; husband of Irene Grimes, of Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF DOUGLAS. REMEMBERED BY US ALWAYS. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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