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Rifleman JOHN WILLIAM JAMES

Service Number: 5572258
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

15. C. 4.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Catherine Mary James, of Shoreditch, London.
  • Personal Inscription YOU HAVE GONE FROM US, BUT IN MEMORY WE WILL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER. MUM AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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