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Private JOHN SMETHURST

Service Number: 5779499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Corps of Military Police

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1941

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PENDLEBURY (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD

Plot C. Grave 700.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Ann Smethurst, of Pendlebury. His son, John Worsley Smethurst, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY WE REMEMBER. LOVING WIFE AND FAMILY
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