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Private CECIL JAMES SMITH

Service Number: 4693628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

IV. C. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George F. Smith, and of Annie Smith, of Ryhill, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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