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Private ERIC JAMES SMITH

Service Number: 4540427
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XVIII. A. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, of Malton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE'S GONE THE ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR TO HIS ETERNAL REST

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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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