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Lance Serjeant GEORGE FRANCIS WILLIAM BUCKNER

Service Number: 5335932
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

VIII. C. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of L. Buckner, of West Norwood, London.
  • Personal Inscription AS LONG AS LIFE'S MEMORY LASTS WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THEE. WIFE AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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