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Private ERIC LEIGETON DEWHIRST

Service Number: 3711773
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES MOERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Bedford Dewhirst and Margaret Dewhirst, of Fleetwood, Lancashire.
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Buried or commemorated at

LES MOERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 68
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