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Corporal ERNEST ALTON

Service Number: 941311
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

208 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 1.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Bradley Alton and Ann Rebecca Alton, of Leeming, Northallerton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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