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Rifleman JOHN ALAN REES

Service Number: 6969344
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th (1st Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

4. H. 19.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. David Edgar Rees, formerly of The Welch Regt., and of May Agnes Kate Rees, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD" IN LOVING MEMORY. MOTHER
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