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Craftsman FRANCOIS RUSSELL DE SMET

Service Number: 14278496
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

II. J. 11.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 30th Armd. Bde
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francois F. and Lavinia De Smet, of Shepherd's Bush, London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS THE GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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