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Corporal JOHN WHARTON

Service Number: 4687800
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 June 1945

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

14. H. 4.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Martha Ann Wharton; husband of Dinah Wharton, of Skipton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GRANT YOU PEACE, MY DARLING, TILL WE MEET AGAIN. YOUR LOVING WIFE DI.
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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