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Private GEORGE EDWARD DORRINGTON

Service Number: 14355081
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. A. 14.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Elizabeth Ellen Dorrington, of Leeds, Yorkshire; husband of Susannah Georgina Dorrington, of Moortown, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY OF OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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