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Sergeant JOHN ALBERT ORTON

Service Number: 964519
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

35 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 December 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BREST (KERFAUTRAS) CEMETERY

Plot 40. Row 2. Grave 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Clara Ada Orton; husband of Doris May Orton, of Little Heath, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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