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Private BASIL JOHN CAIN

Service Number: 976914
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 05 August 1944 and 09 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 10. Row 2. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward B. Cain, and of Sarah Ann Cain, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES MY BELOVED SON, BELOVED BROTHER OF EDWARD, PAUL, ANNE AND ERIC
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val de Marne France
Number of casualties: 22
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