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Lance Corporal ARTHUR ERIC TONGUE

Service Number: 14374004
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY

VIII, B, 16.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Harriet Tongue, of Tinsley, Sheffield.
  • 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

MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2049
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