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Lance Serjeant JOHN EDWIN ATWILL

Service Number: 5616631
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1943

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. H. 24.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Henry and Annie Atwill, of Torbryan, Devon; husband of Gladys Winifred Atwill, of Torbryan.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S KEEPING. ONLY FAREWELL BELOVED UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. GLADYS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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