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Private RICHARD HENRY ASTROP

Service Number: 4445009
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1943

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. B. 18.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Kate Astrop, of Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Margaret Jane Astrop, of Benwell.
  • Personal Inscription "ONLY THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO DIE ARE FIT TO LIVE"
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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