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Private JOHN EDWARD SEXTON

Service Number: 5575887
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

VII. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Leonard and Ada Sexton, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription A GOOD AND LOVING SON, A YOUNG AND NOBLE LIFE, A BRAVE AND WILLING SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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