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Lance Serjeant JOSEPH WALTER POXON

Service Number: 4917643
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2nd (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. B. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Poxon, of Pelsall, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF WALTER. WE SHALL REMEMBER. MOM, DAD, SISTER AND BROTHERS

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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