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Captain JOHN ERNEST ORTON

Service Number: AI/501
Regiment & Unit/Ship

13th Frontier Force Rifles

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1940

Buried or commemorated at

RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 9.

Pakistan

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Major-General Sir Ernest Frederick Orton, K.C.I.E., C.B. and of Lady Orton (nee Mickleburgh), of Guildford, Surrey; husband of G. Orton, of Ewhurst, Surrey.
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