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Private ERNEST KING

Service Number: 14567603
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

X. A. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Martha King, of Barton Hill, Bristol; husband of Irene King, of Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR ERN. AND TAKE THY REST WE LOVED THEE, DEAR BUT GOD KNOWS BEST

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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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