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Ordinary Telegraphist JOHN DESMOND SCHOFIELD

Service Number: P/JX 201963
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Vanessa.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CUMBERWORTH (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD

Row 48. Grave 802.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Maria Schofield, of Denby Dale.
  • Personal Inscription "THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM"
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Buried or commemorated at

CUMBERWORTH (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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