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Sergeant JOHN TRAVERS ECCLESTON

Service Number: 1476724
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

466 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIDNES CEMETERY

Sec. 2R. Grave 389.

United Kingdom

PM- writing very faded and difficult to read. Possible gallipoli marker needed

Photographer: Shaun Lee

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Nicholas and Mary Ellen Eccleston, of Halebank.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

WIDNES CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 102
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