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Able Seaman ERNEST ROY RANCE

Service Number: D/SSX18128
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

29. C. 11.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Edward and Daisy Louisa Rance, of Barry, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST CAN TELL THE PAIN OF PARTING WITHOUT FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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