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Fusilier JAMES SHARPLES

Service Number: 4131468
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot KK. Grave 188.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Mary J. Sharples, of Stockport, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription ON HIS SOUL, SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY. MOTHER OF SORROWS, PRAY FOR HIM. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 687
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