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Private JAMES ROKE

Service Number: 14384572
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

III. H. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Isabella Roke, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY YOUR GRAVE TO SEE, NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE. HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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