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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ALTON

Service Number: 7889853
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

"A" Sqn. 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

Date of Death

Died 19 January 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

III. N. 8.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Nellie Alton, of Derby; husband of Fanny Lydia Alton, of Derby.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND AND DADDY OF BARRY TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1579
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