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Warrant Officer Class Ii JAMES BURROUGHS GAINSBURY

Service Number: 5769968
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

V. G. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Hephzibah Gainsbury; husband of Ellen Laura (Peggy) Gainsbury, of Norwich.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE
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Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1128
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