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Private JOHN WILLIAM CANHAM

Service Number: 2827688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

3. C. 3.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John W. Canham and Mary Canham, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Ivy Canham, of Middleton, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN,A DEAR HUSBAND AND DADDY. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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