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Captain RICHARD CLEAVE SIMON

Service Number: AI/759
Regiment & Unit/Ship

17th Dogra Regiment

Date of Death

Died 25 June 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

8. B. 8.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. P. A. Simon, formerly of the Royal Artillery and Mrs. Simon, of Southwold, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS DONE THAT WHICH WAS HIS DUTY TO DO; NOW MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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