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Able Seaman DERRICK ARTHUR SHIRLEY

Service Number: P/JX 429547
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Diomede

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEDNESFORD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS

Sec. E. Row 12. Grave 4.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Rebecca Shirley, of Rawnsley.
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Buried or commemorated at

HEDNESFORD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 22
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