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Signalman KENNETH ALEXANDER (KEN) SHEAD

Service Number: 14200657
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

8. E. 5.

Iraq

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6th Indian Div. Sigs. Indian Signal Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John A. Shead and Williamina C. Shead, of Ilford, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF KEN. OUR BELOVED SON AND BROTHER. SO DEARLY LOVED, SO SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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