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Sapper JOHN BROWN

Service Number: 2073824
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died Between 28 May 1940 and 04 June 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. 42nd Div.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Brown; husband of Ada Brown, of Droylsden, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription THE HOPES HE HAD IN LIFE'S JOURNEY MAY HE FIND IN THE CITY OF REST
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Buried or commemorated at

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 167
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