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Sapper JOHN RUSSELL

Service Number: 14325954
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

253 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

I. E. 8.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Russell, of Aston, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription TOO GOOD IN LIFE TO BE FORGOTTEN IN DEATH. MUM,DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

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