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Private JOHN GARNER

Service Number: 4036946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY

4.G.6.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Cissie Garner, of Basford, Staffordshire; husband of Lily Winnefred Garner, of Basford.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN, BELOVED HUSBAND OF LILY. "SOME DAY WE WILL UNDERSTAND"
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Buried or commemorated at

DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 200
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