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Fusilier JOHN WILLIAM SAVELL GILBERT

Service Number: 6024745
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

4/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

10. C. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Savell Gilbert, and of H. J. L. Gilbert, of Mitcham, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HERE LIES MY SON FOREVER DEAR SO TREAD LIGHTLY FOR MY DARLING SLEEPS HERE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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