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Lance Corporal JOHN JAMES SMITH

Service Number: 2821509
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

V. E. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Margaret Smith, of Kingston, Morayshire.
  • Personal Inscription ANCHORED ON THE GOLDEN SHORE, THERE, OUR LOVED ONE, HE AWAITS US

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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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