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Alexander Victor Selby A V S Blakeway, Serjeant served with The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C., 7th Bn..
Service number: '5387371'. Date of death: 1944-08-23. Age: 27. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference IIIA. F. 5..
SON OF JOSEPH AND LILY EUGENIA BLAKEWAY; GRANDSON OF WILLIAM H. J. SELBY, OF DUDLEY, WORCESTERSHIRE.
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