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Private JAMES ALBERT RAYSON

Service Number: 4977995
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

1/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 5.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Albert and Elizebeth Rayson, of Nottingham; husband of Clara Rayson.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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