| Surname(s) | Silly |
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| First name(s) | James Lovitt |
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| Date of birth | 30 January 1924 |
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| Place of birth | Berkhampstead Registration District |
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| Family details | Son of Air Commodore Benjamin James Silly, MC, DFC & Frances Fanny Silly of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire |
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| Previous education | Berkhamsted School |
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| College | Guy's Hospital |
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| Military unit | Special Air Service Regiment AAC |
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| Service number | 304006 |
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| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
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| Date of death | 22 October 1944 |
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| Age at death | 20 |
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| Rank at death | Lieutenant |
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| Burial place | Moyenmoutier Communal Cemetery (Small town cemetery. NB contains only 1 British Soldier) |
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| Commemoration(s) | Guys Memorial; Berkhamstead WWII Memorial |
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| Notes | His father died in 1943 as a POW of the Japanese. |
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| Sources | Guy’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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