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Lance Corporal JAMES CARR

Service Number: 3314218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

12. G. 11.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Alice Carr, of Birstall, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription SAD WERE OUR HEARTS THAT DAY ANGELS BECKONED HIM AWAY. SOME DAY WE SHALL MEET AGAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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