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Fusilier VERNON RIGBY

Service Number: 3451512
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

3. D. 9.

Poland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Lily Marion Rigby, of Hindley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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