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Trimmer WALTER SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)

H.M.S. Cape Finisterre.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHOTLEY ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

1. B. 4.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Henry and Isabella Smith, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription DAYS AND YEARS GO QUICKLY BY MEMORIES OF YOU WILL NEVER DIE. FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

SHOTLEY ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Suffolk United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 133
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