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Serjeant JOHN ROBERT SMITH

Service Number: 6911079
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1941

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 11.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Jane Smith; husband of Helen Mary Smith, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND JACK. HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. R.I.P.

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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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