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Serjeant JOSEPH WILLIAM HITCHINGS

Service Number: 798703
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Catering Corps

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY

Sec. D. Grave 281.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Beatrice Mary Hitchings; husband of Beatrice Hitchings, of Plumstead.
  • Personal Inscription WE SMILE WITH THE WORLD BUT WE NEVER FORGET IN OUR GARDEN OF MEMORIES HE LIVES WITH US YET
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Buried or commemorated at

PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY
London United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 189
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