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Lance Corporal ERNEST HIGTON

Service Number: 14412932
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 11.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Aaron and May Elliot, of Matlock, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription A VACANT PLACE NONE CAN FILL. BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE WITH US STILL. GOD BLESS YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
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