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Trooper GEORGE ALSTON

Service Number: 14583926
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

49th (West Riding) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. OPPORTUNE-LA-MARE CHURCHYARD

Grave 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Alston, of Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. OPPORTUNE-LA-MARE CHURCHYARD
Eure France
Number of casualties: 3
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