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Signalman JOHN RABY

Service Number: 1498942
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

X Corps Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

3. K. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Ann Raby, of Pendlebury, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST, HEAVEN GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD CONTAINED. MAM, DAD & FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 680
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