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Craftsman JOHN TROOPE

Service Number: 14414922
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. R. 7.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Mary Troope; husband of May Troope, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "O FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND" ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE, SON AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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