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Gunner JAMES SMITHIES

Service Number: 11271262
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

51 Bty., 69 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

5. C. 8.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Annie Smithies, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Served with the "Chindits".
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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