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Able Seaman OLIVER GAFFNEY

Service Number: P/JX291388
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Sirdar.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAALA CEMETERY

F. 101.

Yemen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Mary Ellen Gaffney, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OLIVER. REQUIESCAT IN PACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MAALA CEMETERY
Yemen
Number of casualties: 690
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