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Captain ROY EDWARD HENRY RANSLEY

Service Number: 268858
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

12. G. 6.

Myanmar

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 10th Bn. Nigeria Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. Percy William Ransley, formerly of The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regt.), and Alice Emily Beatrice Ransley, of Allington, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE A VERY PRECIOUS MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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