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Lance Corporal HARRY ATHERTON

Service Number: 3851034
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY

R.C. Service Plot. Row A. Grave 10.

Kenya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Coats Atherton and Mary Ann Atherton, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Sarah Alice Atherton, of Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription SWIFTLY AND SUDDENLY CAME THE CALL HIS SUDDEN DEATH SURPRISED US ALL
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