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Trooper ERIC JAMES RAY

Service Number: 14400592
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

H.Q. Sqn., 17th/21st Lancers.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AREZZO WAR CEMETERY

V. E. 30.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James V. and Gertrude L. Ray, of Ladywood, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription JUST A BOY WHO GAVE HIS ALL ANSWERING HIS COUNTRY'S CALL "GOODNIGHT SON"
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Buried or commemorated at

AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1268
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