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Sapper CECIL COLVIN

Service Number: 2111569
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

279 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLIMWELL (ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred Colvin, and of Kate Colvin, of Ticehurst.
  • Personal Inscription HE BELIEVED IN ENGLAND, LOVED HER FAITHFULLY AND DIED TO KEEP HER FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

FLIMWELL (ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY) CHURCHYARD
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1
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