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Gunner JOSEPH ORPE

Service Number: 2086799
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

116 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STOKE-ON-TRENT (HANLEY) CEMETERY

Grave 17123.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Annie Orpe, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Buried or commemorated at

STOKE-ON-TRENT (HANLEY) CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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