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Private JOHN ATKINSON

Service Number: 3860972
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 January 1945

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY

2. J. 8.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Simeon and Martha Ellen Atkinson; husband of Sarah Atkinson, of Pendlebury, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS OUR DEAREST TREASURE
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Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1154
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