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Signalman JOHN WILLIAM CHILDS

Service Number: C/JX 308397
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Pembroke

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MANSFIELD (NOTTINGHAM ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. A. Grave 12007.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sampson and Eliza Childs, of Mansfield. His brother, Frank also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER FRANK, SGT. NAVIGATOR R.A.F. KILLED 17.4.1944, AGE 21 RESTS AT RAMLEH, PALESTINE
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