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Lance Corporal JOSEPH HENRY EXTON

Service Number: 4802585
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XVIII. G. 10.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Annie Exton.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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