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Rifleman HARRY PAPWORTH

Service Number: 6843732
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 23 May 1940 and 26 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot K. Grave 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Hetty Papworth, of Arle, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE SWEET THOUGHTS EVER LINGER WHERE THOU ART LAID
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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