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Serjeant JOHN ATHERTON

Service Number: 3522744
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1944

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY

Sec. 25. Grave F. 36.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Adam and Elizabeth Atherton, of Leigh; husband of Florence Atherton, of Leigh.
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Buried or commemorated at

LEIGH CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 105
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