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Gunner ALFRED EDWARD YORKE

Service Number: 6142339
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

226 Bty., 57 (1/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

Plot 8. Row A. Grave 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Thomas Yorke and Annie Yorke; husband of Margaret Jean Yorke, of Leahall, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN DAY IS DONE AND SHADOWS FALL I'LL BE WITH YOU FOR DAYS ARE PASSING. GRANNY
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