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Private LESLIE COLES

Service Number: 19094389
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1947

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 6.

Eritrea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Kate Coles, of Clayton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription NOT A LAST FAREWELL NOR A FOND GOOD-BYE GONE BEFORE WE KNEW GOD ALONE KNEW WHY
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Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 284
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