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Serjeant JOHN EDWARD SHORTHOSE

Service Number: 4917259
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY

V. A. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Shorthose, of Burntwood, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS VOICE WE'LL NEVER FORGET IN OUR HEARTS HE LIVES YET. MOTHER, DAD, BROTHER, SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 377
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