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Lieutenant JOHN AIDAN BEECH MASEFIELD

Service Number: 166309
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXXI. G. 24.

Egypt

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Revd. William Beech Masefield, B.A., and Eileen Muriel Masefield.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS GALLANT AND GAY A GOOD LEADER AND BELOVED BY HIS MEN
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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