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Private JOHN ROWNTREE

Service Number: 13015608
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1945

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 14.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Robert and Elizabeth Rowntree; husband of Nellie Rowntree, of Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE SMILE WITH THE WORLD BUT WE DON'T FORGET IN MEMORY HE'S WITH US YET WIFE & FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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