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Private JAMES CHAMBERLAIN LAY

Service Number: 4746805
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

8. P. 2.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Waterson Lay and Alice Elizabeth Lay, of Norwich.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SMILE A HEART OF GOLD THE DEAREST SON THIS WORLD COULD HOLD. MUM
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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