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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN YOUNG ELPHINSTONE MYRTLE

Service Number: 14959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

15. F. 14.

Tunisia

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Cdg. 6th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Myrtle; husband of Doreen May Myrtle.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOCK, HUSBAND OF DOREEN AND DEVOTED FATHER OF GILES AND ANDREW

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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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