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Sapper DENIS HARTWELL

Service Number: 1903147
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row AA. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Winifred Hartwell, of Badsey, Worcestershire.
  • Personal Inscription UNSELFISH AND BRAVE. ALL HE HAD HOPED FOR, ALL HE HAD HE GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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