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Lance Corporal JOHN COCKTON

Service Number: 2618085
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY

V. G. 16.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Nicholas A. and Minnie M. Cockton, of Workington, Cumberland; husband of Lillian Cockton, of Workington.
  • Personal Inscription I WALK BESIDE YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1579
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