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Lance Bombardier BERNARD CRANTON

Service Number: 1063306
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1943

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY

3.H.1.

India

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. H.Q. IV Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joel and Patience Cranton; husband of Phyllis Mary Cranton, of Shroton, Dorsetshire.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE PASSES, SHADOWS FALL BUT LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE OUTLAST ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 512
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