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Lance Serjeant OSCAR GEORGE BACKSHELL

Service Number: 2616906
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 February 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

9. A. 8.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Agnes Eliza Backshell, of Esher, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription WHILE IT IS LIGHT WE WILL REMEMBER YOU AND IN THE DARKNESS WE SHALL NOT FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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