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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM WARD

Service Number: 5383368
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

16. A. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emily Ward.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR BROTHER. A SUPREME SACRIFICE WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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