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Leading Aircraftman WALTER BARTON

Service Number: 1051433
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY

Sec. S. C. of E. Grave 408.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Annie Barton, of Wigan; husband of Amy Barton, of Aspull, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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