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Signalman ARTHUR COLIN BATTERSBY

Service Number: 2365315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 28 December 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

II, G, 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Battersby, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Mary Battersby, of Oldham.
  • Personal Inscription WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW SOFTLY OVER THIS HALLOWED SPOT WHERE LIES MY DEAR HUSBAND WHO WILL NEVER BE FORGOT
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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