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Second Lieutenant PETER JOHN BRECKNELL

Service Number: 334639
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

8. B. 5.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Harold and Emily Brecknell, of King's Heath, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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