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Rifleman ERNEST KING

Service Number: 6844241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 24 May 1940 and 25 May 1940

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot J. Grave 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Jane King; husband of Florence May King, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD LINGER WITH US AS THE YEARS UNFOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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