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Private F HITCHEN

Service Number: 37996
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 10 January 1919

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA

1254.

Greece

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (485865) 1035th Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Teresa Hitchen, of 4, Cross St., Clitheroe, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD BUT TRUE I DON'T KNOW WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA
Greece
Number of casualties: 1966
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