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Lance Corporal RICHARD LANCASTER

Service Number: 5674232
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

21. D. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Clarice Lancaster, of Parr, St. Helens, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription 'TWAS HARD TO PART BUT GOD THOUGHT IT BEST TO TAKE OUR DARLING TO DWELL AMONG THE BLEST
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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