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Private JOHN WILLIAM TAFT

Service Number: 6287369
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XIX. AA. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur James Taft and Alice Jane Taft, of Ramsgate, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES OUR HERO, GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST. NEVER FORGOTTEN. MAM, DAD, FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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