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Lance Corporal JOHN THWAITES

Service Number: 5726710
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

XII. C. 1.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis Thwaites, and of Ada Thwaites, of Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR JOHN. LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH. MOTHER AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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