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Private VERNON BENJAMIN SMITH

Service Number: 5683311
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY

I. 19.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rhoda Smith.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN CALL. ONE SO DEARLY LOVED BY ALL. MUM AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 328
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