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Private JOHN TURNER EGGLESTON

Service Number: 3327961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

7. J. 7.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jenny Eggleston, of Hawtonville, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription "HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE, WHO SINK TO REST, BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST!"
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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