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Senior Ordinary Seaman JOHN ADLINGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Copperfield (Sunderland)

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1947

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY

Sec. O. C. of E. Grave 215.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. Adlington, of Whelley, Wigan.
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Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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