Gunner Arthur William Passmore


180 Battery, 60 Light Ack Ack Regiment, the Royal Artillery 1564951
Died of Smallpox

Date of Birth: 11th of May 1914
Place of Birth: Teignmouth, Devon
Date of Death: 26 March 1945, aged 30
Buried: Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar.
Grave reference, 25. F. 2.

Awarded the 1939-45 Star and the War Medal 1939-1945

Son of Thomas Austin Passmore and Alice Louise Passmore née Dyer of Teignmouth, Devon.

Arthur William Passmore was baptised on the 14th of June 1914 at East Teignmouth. The parents, Thomas, a Labourer, and Alice were living at 26, French Street, Teignmouth, Devon.

In the 1939 register, the Passmore family were living at 16, Teign Street, Teignmouth, Devon. Thomas Austin Passmore, born on the 15th of October 1882, a House Painter, Alice Louise Passmore, born on the 1st of September 1883, Unpaid Domestic Duties,  Arthur William Passmore, born on the 11th of May 1914, a Shop Assistant Grocer and Single.

Royal Artillery 

passmore aw 1945 ra casualty cardGunner Arthur William Passmore 180 Battery, 60 Light Ack Ack Regiment, the Royal Artillery 1564951 Casualty Card

Gunner Arthur William Passmore died from Smallpox at Burma.

Gunner Arthur William Passmore, 180 Battery, 60 Light Ack Ack Regiment, the Royal Artillery, 1564951Gunner Arthur William Passmore, 180 Battery, 60 Light Ack Ack Regiment, the Royal Artillery, 1564951

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