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Gunner WILLIAM APPLETON

Service Number: 974992
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

51 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VII. E. 26.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Esther Appleton, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription UPON THE LORD'S OWN SCROLL OF FAME WE PLACE WITH HONOUR, YOUR GLORIOUS NAME
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Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1551
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