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Gunner DOUGLAS MARSHALL PAYNE

Service Number: 1496215
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

IV. C. 3.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. E. Payne; stepson of Mr. V. G. Hickinbottom, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED AND THOSE HE LOVED REMEMBER. GOD BLESS
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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