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Ordinary Seaman JOHN THOMAS LONGSTAFF

Service Number: D/JX640252
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Drake

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1944

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DONNINGTON WOOD (ST. MATTHEW) CHURCHYARD

New Ground. Row 14. Grave 6.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Longstaff, of Donnington.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S KEEPING. WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM SMILING
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Buried or commemorated at

DONNINGTON WOOD (ST. MATTHEW) CHURCHYARD
Shropshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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