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Serjeant JOHN BLAKEMORE

Service Number: 3652093
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 7.

Madagascar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 5 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Elizabeth Blakemore, of Old Swan, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
  • Personal Inscription TO GOD AND YOU, DARLING, I OWE MY LOVE AND HAPPINESS: TO MAN, MY GREATEST SORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Madagascar
Number of casualties: 315
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