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Gunner JOHN ETCHES

Service Number: 809830
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

22 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTDUINKERKE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row C. Grave 73.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Pte. John Etches, The York and Lancaster Regt., killed in action in France, 1st October, 1915, and Elsie Etches, of Sheffield; husband of Edna Etches, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BY HIS LOVING WIFE EDNA. KIDDIES AND FAMILY
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