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Trooper DOUGLAS PADKIN

Service Number: 14381096
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

"B" Sqn., 10th Royal Hussars

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY

I, C, 11.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Alice Padkin, of Lancaster; husband of Frances Mary Padkin, of Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER REMEMBERED ALWAYS BY HIS LOVING WIFE FRANCES AND DAUGHTER MAUREEN
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Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 625
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