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Boy 1St Class JOHN WOODCOCK

Service Number: C/JX161188
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Curacoa

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1940

Age 16 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY

Plot 1. Grave 34A.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Woodcock.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL ALWAYS BE AN EVERLASTING MEMORY. MUM
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY
Orkney United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 152
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