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Sapper JAMES FARNELL

Service Number: 1991989
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

253 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Ivy Farnell, of Kingstanding, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription THE HAPPY HOURS WE SPENT TOGETHER WILL LINGER IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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