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Gunner JAMES MAY

Service Number: 2931128
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

59 (6th Bn. The Hampshire Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

VIII. G. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Andrew and Gertrude Annie May, of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription SMILING FACE, HEART OF GOLD DEAREST SON THIS WORLD COULD HOLD OUR JIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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