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Chief Officer GEOFFREY WILLIAM DU FOSSE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Ville De Strasbourg (London)

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1943

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 17.

Algeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth du Fosse; husband of Marion Louisa du Fosse, of Sandbanks, Bournemouth, Hampshire. Awarded Lloyd's Medal for Brave Conduct.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SUN HAS GONE DOWN WHILE YET IT WAS DAY. MARION,CHRISTOPHER AND BABY DIANA
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Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY
Algeria
Number of casualties: 530
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