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Driver GEORGE DRANSFIELD

Service Number: 2123802
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

71 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENOUVILLE CHURCHYARD

Grave 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Amos and Sarah Ann Dransfield, of High Green, Sheffield; husband of Madge Dransfield, of High Green.
  • Personal Inscription CHEERFULLY SMILING, ALWAYS CONTENT, HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

BENOUVILLE CHURCHYARD
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 23
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