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Sapper JOHN BRETHERTON

Service Number: 2196447
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1 Parachute Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

15. C. 8.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ellen Bretherton; husband of Patricia Eve Bretherton, of Amesbury, Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE HEARTS THAT ALWAYS LOVED YOU ARE THE HEARTS THAT NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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