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Lance Corporal JOHN WHELBOURN

Service Number: 4970842
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 June 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

J. 20.

Syria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fanny Whelbourn, and stepson of Thomas Thompson, of Wartnaby, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription A TOKEN OF LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE OF ONE WE SHALL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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