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Trooper DOUGLAS ARTHUR SMITHERS

Service Number: 7951722
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

9th

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XVIII. B. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Kate Smithers, of Dunton Green, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription A CHEERFUL SMILE A HEART OF GOLD ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD COULD HOLD
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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