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Sapper JOHN DITCHBURN

Service Number: 1898884
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1010 Docks Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. A. 16.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John T. J. and Helen Ditchburn, of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham; husband of Harriet Ditchburn, of West Hartlepool.
  • Personal Inscription YOU CANNOT RETURN SO MY TEARS ARE IN VAIN BUT SOME DAY I KNOW I SHALL MEET YOU AGAIN
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