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Lance Corporal JAMES APPLETON

Service Number: 4617695
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

6. F. 7.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ann Appleton, of Luddenden Foot, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS" AT REST

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Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 1426
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