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Able Seaman HARRY COMBES

Service Number: J/28776
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Vernon."

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WEST WITTERING (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD

Near South-West corner.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah Combes, of Lamb Cottage, West Wittering.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

WEST WITTERING (SS. PETER AND PAUL) CHURCHYARD
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1
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