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Gunner JOHN SCANLAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Defiance

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1942

Age 54 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (WESTON MILL) CEMETERY

Sec. C. R.C. Plot. Grave 18465.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Florence Scanlan, of Ashton, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED BY ALL WHOEVER HE MET BUT MOST BELOVED BY THOSE HE LEFT
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Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH (WESTON MILL) CEMETERY
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1181
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