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Signalman DEREK ERLAND ROY SMITH

Service Number: 14490449
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1947

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

11. A. 8.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Erland Powell Smith and Audrey Alice Smith, of Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUN RISES, THE SHADOWS FALL, SADLY MISSED AND LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 5887
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