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Pte. John Edward Inman
British Army No.4 Base Ammunition Depot Royal Army Ordnance Corps
from:Liverpool
(d.17th June 1940)
Private John Inman of No. 4 Base Ammunition Depot, RAOC died on the 17th of June 1940 while waiting to be evacuated on a train at Rennes railway station, a number of bombs were dropped on the station one hit an ammunition train causing a massive explosion which killed over 800 people.