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Trooper GEORGE ALFRED ATHERTON

Service Number: 3458637
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

8th

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY

IV. B. 7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Elizabeth Atherton, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE"
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1021
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