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Gunner ROBERT DAVIDSON KIRTON

Service Number: 1147169
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

71 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

IV. C. 46.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Barbara Kirton, of Aberdeen; husband of Elizabeth Kirton, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription YOU WERE THE DEAREST HUSBAND THAT GOD HAD EVER SENT. GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR BERT
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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