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Guardsman STANLEY JOHN SHORT

Service Number: 2624626
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XII. C. 14.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and May Short; husband of Violet Lily Short, of Romford, Essex, England.
  • Personal Inscription "HIS SOUL PLEASED THE LORD: THEREFORE HASTED HE TO TAKE HIM AWAY"
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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