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Trooper GEORGE WILLIAM BRECKON

Service Number: 327105
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XI. A. 27.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Annie Breckon, of Skelton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BROTHER POD R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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