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Rifleman JOSEPH WILLIAM ESTON

Service Number: 6202448
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 24.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Beatrice Eston; husband of Betty Eston, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. HE DIED THAT WE WHOM HE LOVED COULD LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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