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Trooper JOHN EDWARD ATHERTON

Service Number: 7941595
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

2nd

Date of Death

Died 15 February 1945

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY

V, B, 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Edward and Bessie Atherton.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD MEMORY. OUR BELOVED BROTHER JACK FREE FROM PAIN WAITING TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 738
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