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Private JOHN ATHERTON

Service Number: 3713675
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row C. Grave 31.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Atherton, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING LORD JESUS HAVE MERCY AND GRANT UNTO HIM ETERNAL REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1031
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