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Gunner LESLIE FRANCIS ASTILL

Service Number: 998698
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

64 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. E. 40.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maria Astill, of Long Eaton, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS YOU LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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