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Serjeant ERIC ELLERTHORPE

Service Number: 3534319
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY

III. F. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Ethel Selena Ellerthorpe; husband of Sarah Ellerthorpe, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

BROUAY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 377
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