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Sapper GEORGE WILLIAM ATHERTON

Service Number: 1990674
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

578 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD 1939-1945 MEMORIAL

Panel 5. Column 2.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Atherton; nephew of Mrs. E. Shields, of Westhoughton, Lancashire.
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