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Gunner JOHN CHRISTOPHER PIPER

Service Number: 1694171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

70 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

21. F. 2.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Margaret Piper, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Catherine Piper, of Preston.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD, BUT TRUE, WE KNOW NOT WHY, THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE
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