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Corporal JOHN SMETHERS

Service Number: 3056918
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

222 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1947

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IDLE (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

Sec. H. Row 4. Grave 5.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ralph and Emily Louisa Smethers, of Thackley.
  • Personal Inscription "THE LORD IS MY SHEPERD; I SHALL NOT WANT."
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Buried or commemorated at

IDLE (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 28
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