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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN RICHARD EASONSMITH

Service Number: 140546
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1943

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEROS WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 3.

Greece

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Cdg. Long Range Desert Group
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George and Daisy Aldridge Easonsmith; husband of Honour Gertrude Easonsmith, of Rudgeway, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

LEROS WAR CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 183
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