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Private ERNEST WILFRED MEEK

Service Number: 4470472
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

V, A, 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Susannah Meek, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS STRANGE BUT TRUE WE DON'T KNEW WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE

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Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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