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Lance Corporal JOHN HENRY (JACK) POTTINGER

Service Number: 3663317
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY

II. A. 7.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Alice Pottinger, of Anfield, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING SMILE, HEART OF GOLD, NO DEARER SON THE WORLD COULD HOLD. HEARTACHE FOR EVER. MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1152
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