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Fusilier JOSEPH TANKER

Service Number: 3450654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 20 May 1940 and 31 May 1940

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

96.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Elizabeth Swann, of Ardwick, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription FOR ENGLAND, FREEDOM AND THOSE HE LOVED SO WELL HE PROUDLY FOUGHT AND NOBLY FELL
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Buried or commemorated at

BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 103
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