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Private JOHN RITSON

Service Number: 4455991
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn. The Tyneside Scottish

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XXIII. A. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane Ritson; husband of Daisy Ritson, of Lintz Colliery, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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