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Private JOHN SILVESTER

Service Number: 14644779
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

IV. F. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Silvester, of Todmorden, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1128
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