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Private JOHN SEPTIMUS SCRAFTON

Service Number: 5390254
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

VI, E, 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Scrafton; nephew of Martha Bird, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
  • 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

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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