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Gunner GEORGE ALBERT HITCHCOCK

Service Number: 2050295
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 23.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 1 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son. of George and Sarah Hitchcock; husband of Evelyn Hitchcock, of Woodlands, Doncaster, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY DAYS WE SPENT TOGETHER, LOVING THOUGHTS OF YOU I TREASURE
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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