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Serjeant DONALD JAMES SANDS

Service Number: 5673164
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

V, F, 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James T. and Norah Sands, of Yeovil, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. HIS MUM AND DAD, SISTERS JEAN AND SYLVIA
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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