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Private JOHN ALBERT CHITTENDEN

Service Number: 6288318
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

4. C. 1A.

Poland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lucy Chittenden; husband of Bessie Emily Chittenden, of Wye, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription WENT THE DAY WELL? WE DIED AND NEVER KNEW, BUT WELL OR ILL, FREEDOM, WE DIED FOR YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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