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Private JOHN SMITH

Service Number: 14229222
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 December 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY

XVII. C. 32.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Georgina Smith, of Boldon Colliery, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2619
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