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Corporal JAMES HITCHEN

Service Number: 4128323
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 03 September 1942 and 04 September 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXI. A. 14.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Arthur and Alice Hitchen, of Cheadle, Cheshire; husband of Eunice Ethel Hitchen, of Cheadle.
  • Personal Inscription IN DEAR AND UNFADING MEMORY. YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR COUNTRY YOU NOBLY GAVE. LOVING WIFE EUNICE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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