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Private WALTER FIRTH

Service Number: 4542775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALVERLEY (ST. WILFRID) CHURCHYARD

Grave 638.

United Kingdom

Headstone

Photographer: Chris Ludlam

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 4th Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Alfred and Annie Firth, of Rodley.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE PASSES, SHADOWS FALL, LOVING MEMORIES OUTLAST ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

CALVERLEY (ST. WILFRID) CHURCHYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 17
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