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Private JOHN WILLIAM COLTON

Service Number: 5052581
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

II. D. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Ellen Colton, of Woodsetts, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END HE DIED, AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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