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Gunner GEORGE CHRISTOPHER KING MEDDES

Service Number: 1742886
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

540 Bty., 88 Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1941

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MURTON CEMETERY

Sec. G. Row K. Grave 1.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Amelia Meddes, of Murton Colliery.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS BUT HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

MURTON CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 9
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