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Sapper WILLIAM ATHERTON

Service Number: 432151
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

20th T.F. Depot

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1919

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. HELENS CEMETERY

32. RC. 434.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal and Bar
  • Additional Info Son ot John and Ellen Atherton; husband of Martha Atherton, of 3, King St., St. Helens. Born at St. Helens.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS SOUL AND ALL THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. HELENS CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 332
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