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Private JOHN WILLIAM SHERWOOD

Service Number: 6285978
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAIFA WAR CEMETERY

D. 20.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis Giles Sherwood and Harriet Sherwood, of Saltwood, Hythe, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HE STILL LIVETH IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

HAIFA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 343
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