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Private JOSEPH GUNSON HANDSHAW

Service Number: 4753148
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 16 February 1944 and 17 February 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 14.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Gunson Handshaw and Catherine Handshaw, of Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FROM THE RISE TO SETTING OF THE SUN WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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