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Gunner JOHN WORSLEY SMETHURST

Service Number: 851232
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

1 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XII. C. 16.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Private John Smethurst, Corps of Military Police (died on active Service, 14th September, 1941) and Elizabeth Ann Smethurst, of Pendlebury, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription NO MORNING DAWNS NO NIGHT RETURNS BUT WHAT WE THINK OF YOU MAM AND FAMILY
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