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Private JOSEPH ATHERTON

Service Number: 7057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 January 1915

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

II. G. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ellen Jane Atherton, of 81, Ashcroft St., Parr, St. Helens.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF FATHER FROM WIFE & CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 690
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