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Warrant Officer Class Ii RALPH FOSTER DISTON

Service Number: 4448907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. A. 46.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Frances Elizabeth Diston, of Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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