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Trooper JOHN WHELAN

Service Number: 3451327
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

153rd (8th Bn. The Essex Regt.) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

XIII. E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Whelan, of Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE AND WE WHO LIVE REMEMBER. MAY HE REST IN PEACE

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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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