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Gunner JOHN EDWARD HITCHING

Service Number: 1108929
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

88 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

Brit. Sec. C. B. 13.

Japan

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Agnes Hitching, of Endmoor, Westmorland; husband of Edith Hitching, of Endmoor.
  • Personal Inscription O HAPPY SAINTS, FOR EVER BLEST AT JESUS FEET HOW SAFE YOUR REST!
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Buried or commemorated at

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan
Number of casualties: 1689
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