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Private CLAUDE WHYMER

Service Number: 6020527
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

XI. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arnold John and Mary Whymer, of Soham, Cambridgeshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS BENEATH FOREIGN SKIES BUT IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES

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Buried or commemorated at

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