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Guardsman JOHN FARRINGTON

Service Number: 2723922
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

6. D. 5.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Mary E. Farrington, of Batley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WHILE HE RESTS IN PEACEFUL SLEEP, HIS MEMORY WE WILL EVER KEEP. "REST IN PEACE"
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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