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Able Seaman CYRIL WHITTON

Service Number: C/JX 158135
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Calcutta.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1940

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

N. 79.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ezra and Laura Whitton, of Airedale, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF. GOD BLESS
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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