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Serjeant JOHN EDWARD WINTER

Service Number: 6397795
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIJZELBRECHTEGEM CHURCHYARD

Grave 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward Winter and of Millicent Eliza Winter (nee Morriss); husband of Olive Emily Winter, of Copnor, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription THO' YOU LIE SO FAR FROM ME I KNOW WE SHALL MEET AGAIN. THIS FAITH EVER COMFORTS ME
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Buried or commemorated at

GIJZELBRECHTEGEM CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5
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