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Private GERALD SYDNEY FORD

Service Number: 14985102
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

2nd Bn. The Glasgow Highlanders

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

3A. A1. 15.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sydney and Olive Ford, of Redditch, Worcestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR COUNTRY, HOME AND FAME, LEAVING A SPOTLESS NAME. MOM
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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