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Signalman JOHN WILLIAM CRELLIN

Service Number: 2377615
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 16 March 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

2. C. 12.

Bangladesh

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 7 Indian Div. Sigs. Indian Signal Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Annie H. Crellin, of Broughton Moor, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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