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Guardsman GEORGE ECCLESTONE

Service Number: 2622433
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 5. Row B. Grave 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Lucy Ecclestone; husband of Olive Joan Ecclestone, of Cippenham, Slough, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE RESTS BEYOND, WHO LOVED THIS ENGLAND, AND FOR ENGLAND DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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