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Lance Corporal JOHN VAIL

Service Number: T/228849
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

53 Inf. Bde. Group Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 January 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

4. D. 35.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Marion Vail; husband of J. E. Vail, of Offerton, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS I THINK OF YOU

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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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