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Lance Corporal JOHN THOMAS RYAN

Service Number: 6286791
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

Plot 7. Row B. Grave 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Joseph and Lily Dorothy Ryan, of Hartley, Cranbrook, Kent.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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