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Private JOHN ROACH

Service Number: 14203177
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOIGNIES (ZINNIK) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 8909.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Roach, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SILENT THOUGHTS TRUE AND TENDER OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

SOIGNIES (ZINNIK) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 14
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