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Guardsman VICTOR WILLIAM JAKEWAYS

Service Number: 2623644
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 5. Row A. Grave 33.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fredrick and Jane Jakeways, of Montpelier, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription THE TRIAL IS HARD, WE MUSTN'T COMPLAIN BUT TRUST IN THE LORD TO MEET HIM AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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