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Serjeant JAMES MILNE ATHERTON

Service Number: 2886857
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Ellen Atherton; husband of Alice Atherton, of Bolton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR HUSBAND AND DAD. HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT, HIS LIFE, ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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