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Lance Corporal SAMUEL HOWARD COOMBS

Service Number: SD/2654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

II. C. 39.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Sarah Mary Coombs, of 163, New Park Rd., Streatham Hill, London.
  • Personal Inscription " A CRUCE SALUS SALVATION FROM THE CROSS"
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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