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Lance Serjeant JOSEPH HENRY RATCLIFFE

Service Number: 2720304
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY

IV. C. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Florence Ratcliffe, of Runcorn, Cheshire; husband of Muriel Ratcliffe, of Weston, Runcorn.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBRANCE IS THE SWEETEST FLOWER THAT IN GOD'S GARDEN GROWS
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Buried or commemorated at

LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Belgium) Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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