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Private JOHN SIDNEY COLLINGTON

Service Number: 14406408
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

37. E. 9.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Florence Mary Collington, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S GARDEN FAIR, NO PAIN NOR WORRY THERE. GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

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