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Robert Hayes R H Smith, Lieutenant served with Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 7th Bn..
Service number: '253669'. Date of death: 1944-08-15. Age: 20. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference VIII. B. 13..
SON OF ALFRED HAYES SMITH AND MAY HAYES SMITH, OF MANNINGHAM, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
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