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Rifleman JOHN ELKIN

Service Number: 6985544
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

1st (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

34. C. 9.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Elkin, of Drumquin, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription "SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS, SAFE ON HIS GENTLE BREAST" EVER REMEMBERED

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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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