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Captain ALAN ARTHUR BLACKWELL

Service Number: 137958
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY

VII. A. 14.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Annie Elizabeth Blackwell, of Whitton, Middlesex; husband of Marjorie Joan Blackwell.
  • Personal Inscription NONE DIED THAT DAY WITH GREATER GLORY. MANY DIED AND THERE WAS MUCH GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1255
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