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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN HENRY HAMLYN WHITTY

Service Number: 41622
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cdg. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

IV. B. 4.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Hamlyn and Marguerite Louisa Whitty; husband of Sheila Hope Whitty, of Seaford, Sussex. Represented the Army at Rugby Football, Cricket and Golf.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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