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Lance Corporal RICHARD CARTER

Service Number: 4454454
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. A. 19.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Annie Carter, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. TO HAVE AND THEN TO PART IS THE GREATEST BREAK IN A MOTHER'S HEART R.I.P.

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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