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Gunner LESLIE GEORGE NORTON

Service Number: 1469218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

233 Bty., 75 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 4.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold Nowill Norton and Louisa Margaret Norton, of Ashford, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription SO FAR AWAY. YET SO NEAR IN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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