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Corporal CHARLEY HORTON

Service Number: 6347662
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. F. 44.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Horton, of Maidstone, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription TOO GOOD TO LIVE, TOO YOUNG TO DIE; GOD KNOWS THE REASON WHY. GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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