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Able Seaman ELIJAH JAMES CRESSWELL

Service Number: C/JX 277806
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Kent.

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AKUREYRI CEMETERY

Mil. Plot. Row B. Grave 9.

Iceland

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elijah and Ethel A. Cresswell. of Swadlincote, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE HAPPY CIRCLE OF OUR HOME WAS BROKEN BUT STILL GOD DOETH ALL THINGS WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

AKUREYRI CEMETERY
Iceland
Number of casualties: 17
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