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Private JOHN LAY

Service Number: 3783687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

V. F. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Ivy May Lay, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

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