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Lieutenant DEREK BASIL HARRIS

Service Number: 296540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 1.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Dinah Harris; husband of Doris Mary Harris, of Deptford, London.
  • Personal Inscription SOFTLY, YE WINDS ON HIS DEAR YOUNG HEAD WHISPER A BENEDICTION FOR THE DEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 523
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