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Corporal GEORGE GLEESON

Service Number: 4199844
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welch Fusiliers

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

Coll. grave IX. H. 8-12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Ellen Gleeson; husband of Elizabeth Gleeson, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription A FACE, A SMILE SO VERY DEAR A LOVING VOICE WE'LL EVER HEAR. ELIZABETH, MAUREEN, MAM, DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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