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Sergeant JOHN ROYAL BRANTON

Service Number: 564122
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

226 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 07 April 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

Plot 19. Row E. Grave 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lydia Isabella Branton, of South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS THE FIRST OF THREE TO FALL
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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