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Private DESMOND HAYES REES

Service Number: 3969419
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY

4. J. 15.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Edith Rees; husband of Margaret Hannah Rees, of Aberavon, Port Talbot, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING FREE FROM PAIN, IN GOD'S OWN TIME WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. MARGIE.
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Buried or commemorated at

DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY
Algeria
Number of casualties: 530
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