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Leading Seaman JOHN ECKERSLEY

Service Number: D/SSX22367
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Wizard

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

Plot P. Row 5. Grave 15.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Albert and Kate Eckersley; husband of Freda Eckersley, of Broughton, Salford, Lancashire.
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Buried or commemorated at

LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Orkney United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 691
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