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Private SAM LONGDEN

Service Number: 14601040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1944

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

XIV, C, 5.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lawrence and Betsy Longden, of Stalybridge, Cheshire; husband of Hilda Longden, of Stalybridge.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE AFTER PAIN CALM AFTER BLAST REST AFTER WEARINESS SWEET REST AT LAST
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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