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Private JOHN CHARLES SMITH

Service Number: 2890377
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

V. C. 25.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Smith, and of Elizabeth Ann Smith, of Dufftown, Banffshire.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED. FOR EVER REMEMBERED. MOTHER AND WILLIAM
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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