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Marine JOHN WILLIAM TELFORD

Service Number: PO/X103885
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

2. J. 20.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Telford; nephew of Sarah Hutchinson, of Bagshot, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE SHALL REMEMBER. DEARLY LOVED
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