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Rifleman EARL JAMES ELLIOT MESSING

Service Number: B/63407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VIII. D. 8.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Emil and Annie Messing; husband of Mary Agnes Messing, of Lower Bredbury, Cheshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription MY DEAR HUSBAND EARL. MY GREATEST POSSESSIONS, MEMORIES OF YOU. LOVING WIFE MARY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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