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Full Name | James Snape |
Nickname | Jimmy |
Number | 3536135 |
Rank | Corporal |
Nationality | |
Date of Birth | 19.06.1910 Chorley, Lancashire, UK |
Date of Death | 23.05.1945 (Aged 34) |
Gravesite | Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria 2.A.2 |
Father | William |
Mother | Sarah Ann Snape of Oakleigh, Blackburn Road, Chorley, Lancashire, UK |
Enlisted | 12.09.1940 Ashton-under-Lyme |
Military | parent unit 50 Royal Tank Reg,R.A.C. joined PPA 5.1.1944 PPA HQ Orderly Room Clerk DOW received in accidental shooting, Rossegg, Austria 19.05.1945 (1845 hours) |
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Further Information | caterer in civilian life "A quiet man and the perfect clerk, who worked apparently day and night. I took him out on several operations as a patrol corporal, a role in which he enjoyed himself immensely." (Popski) |
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