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Private MATTHEW DOVER OVINGTON

Service Number: K/74043
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Forestry Corps

Date of Death

Died 02 February 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

USHAW MOOR CEMETERY

Grave 66.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Hannah Ovington; husband of Ruth Ovington, of Ushaw Moor.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GAVE, GOD TOOK, GOD WILL RESTORE
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Buried or commemorated at

USHAW MOOR CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 9
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