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Gunner JOSEPH SHAWCROSS

Service Number: 1085133
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

11 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXVII. A. 21.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mabel Adelaide Shawcross, of Hyde, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED YOU AND MISS YOU, IN MEMORY YOU ARE NEAR. MOTHER, FATHER, SISTERS AND BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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