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Sergeant JOHN COXFORD

Service Number: 117775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1945

Age 61 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY

Grave UL. 152.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of William J and Elizabeth Coxford; husband of Florence M Coxford, of Cape Town.
  • Personal Inscription "MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE" LOVE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 249
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