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Private JAMES WILLIAM GIRDLESTONE

Service Number: 5768161
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1944

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY

8. N. 6.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Isobel Girdlestone, of Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk; husband of Mildred Annie Girdlestone, of Sculthorpe.
  • Personal Inscription THE FIGHT IS O'ER, THE BATTLE'S WON; GOD GRANT YOU PEACE IN HIS HEAVENLY HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 1739
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