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Rifleman ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER SPIRES

Service Number: 6847756
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AIRAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row 1. Grave 1.

France

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Personal Inscription PROUD MEMORIES, DEAR ONE, AT HOME WE KEEP THOUGH IN A DISTANT LAND YOU SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

AIRAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7
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