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Private ERIC WILSON CLOSE

Service Number: 14438057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1944

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRK DEIGHTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

Grave 142.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Eva Close. of Kirk Deighton.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRK DEIGHTON (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1
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