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Signalman ERNEST DRACUP

Service Number: 4689213
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

5th Div. Sigs.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. J. 49.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Marshall and Emily Charlotte Dracup; husband of Jean Dracup, of Rochdale, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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