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Guardsman JOSEPH HENRY MAYERS

Service Number: 2719816
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1940

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Mary Ellen Mayers, of Hindley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER FORGOTTEN. ON HIS SOUL, SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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