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Lance Serjeant WALTER JAMES BLACK

Service Number: 2567287
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regt.]) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IIA. C. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jessie Black, of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription BLESS ALL THE BOYS, "WAL" WHO SLEEP IN FRANCE IN THE LAND THEY HELPED TO FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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