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Sapper JOHN HILTON

Service Number: 14594042
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 09 January 1946

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABRAM (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD

Old Church site. Grave 96.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Hilton, of Abram; husband of Elizabeth Hilton, of Abram.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS. PEACE BE THINE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABRAM (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 13
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