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Rifleman EDWIN ARTHUR HENRY HITT

Service Number: 7017798
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th (1st Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

VII, A, 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Elsie Emily Hitt, of Blackpool, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL PEACE IS HIS AND HE BIDES EVER IN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 949
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