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Signalman ALEC HARGREAVES

Service Number: 2335092
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

IX. Corps Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 10 January 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACCRINGTON CEMETERY

Sec. E. Plot P. Grave 406.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Hargreaves and Mary Hargreaves, of Accrington.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP LIGHTLY, LAD; THOU ART FOR THE KING'S GUARD AT DAWN OF DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ACCRINGTON CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 99
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