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Private JOSEPH SMITHEN

Service Number: 3598950
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

17. B. 5.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Mary Smithen, of Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire; husband of Elsie Smithen, of Pendleton.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EVR HE WILL LIVE WITHIN MY CHERISHED MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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