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Guardsman JOHN ATHERTON

Service Number: 2613216
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY

II. B. 2.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Mary Atherton, of Wigan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGHTS OF YOU ARE WITH ME YET YEARS MAY PASS BUT I'LL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 233
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