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Signalman

Ronald Lander

Service number 2336490
Military unit VIII Corps Sigs Royal Corps of Signals
Address 26 Sibthorpe Street, Mansfield
Date of birth 08 Jul 1919
Date of death 11 Jul 1944 (25 years old)
Place of birth Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1939 he was working as a wireman for Rediffusion, which would explain why he was serving with the Royal Corps of Signals.

Family history

Son of John and Gertrude Lillian Lander, of 26 Sibthorpe Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Married Doris Moult of 56 Clumber Street, Mansfield in 1940 and their daughter, Diane was born in 1942. Doris did not remarry and died in 1972.

Military history

Ronald is buried at St Manieu War Cemetery where most of the men buried there were from the battles fought between mid June to end of July 1944 in the region between Tilly-Sur-Seulles and Caen.

Extra information

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