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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN CECIL HOPE

Service Number: 126473
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY

I, F, 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. Sir John Augustus Hope, Bt., O.B.E., M.P., and the Hon. Lady Hope, O.B.E., of Musselburgh, Midlothian.
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Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 625
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