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Private JOSEPH SANDS VERNON

Service Number: 4455464
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XI. M. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Evelyn Vernon, of Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY AND SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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