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Lance Corporal JAMES ERNEST HENRY WELLS

Service Number: 5504951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

10. D. 4.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Ernest and Annie Wells, of Cowes, Isle of Wight.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET THE MEMORIES SILENTLY KEPT OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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