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Guardsman FRANCIS JOSEPH COKAYNE

Service Number: 2623697
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEESCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Grave 26.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Ann Cokayne, of Hulme. Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES SILENTLY KEPT OF A SON I LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HEESCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 26
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