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Private JOHN THIEPVAL CHESTER

Service Number: 4344517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

4. A. 32.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elsie Chester, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription NO MORNING DAWNS NO NIGHT RETURNS BUT WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 673
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