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Gunner CECIL JOSEPH HAND

Service Number: RMA/15026
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Artillery

4th R.M. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY

P. W. 24A.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Amy Hand, of Weybeard's Cottage, Denham, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription SHORT WAS THY LIFE OUR DEAREST SON BUT PEACEFUL BE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 773
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