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Lance Corporal JOSEPH COLES

Service Number: 5389440
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 March 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY

V, B, 23.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph H. and Harriett Marie Coles; husband of Alice Coles, of Thrup, Oxfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE WONDER WHY YOU HAD TO DIE WITHOUT A CHANCE TO SAY GOOD-BYE

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Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 738
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