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Private SIDNEY HERBERT ECCLESTON

Service Number: 4917904
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2nd (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

VI. A. 1.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Maggie Wright Eccleston; husband of Irene Dorothy Eccleston, of Stafford.
  • Personal Inscription FOR YOU DEAR, PEACE FOR US, SWEET MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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