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Sapper JOHN SPIERS

Service Number: 2006964
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

565 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 15.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Margaret Spiers, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription NOT TILL THE LOOM IS SILENT AND SHUTTLES CEASE TO FLY WILL GOD UNROLL THE CANVAS AND EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY
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Buried or commemorated at

OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 247
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