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Corporal JOHN EDWARD TRESTRAIL MAYNARD

Service Number: 5440304
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Date of Death

Died Between 17 July 1941 and 18 July 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

4. K. 10.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 8 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Percy Castell Maynard and Mary Elizabeth Maynard, of Redruth, Cornwall. Awarded the Royal Humane Society's Testimonial in Vellum, for Saving Life at Sea, 17th August, 1939.
  • Personal Inscription BORN REDRUTH, CORNWALL. TO LIVE HE SMILED - HE SMILED TO SERVE AND DIE
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