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Private JAMES RICHARD GATFORD

Service Number: 6106238
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

VI. H. 7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick James Gatford and Dorothy Annie Gatford, of West Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY LOVED SON JAMES. BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ALWAYS OF ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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