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Private JOHN GITTINGS

Service Number: 4036938
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHASETOWN (ST. ANNE) CHURCHYARD

New Sec. Row L. Grave 1699.

United Kingdom

Regimental Badge is unreadable, black marks on top of headstone which seem hard to remove. Unknown substance embedded into the back of headstone. Damage to front RH side of headstone.

Photographer: Alan Evans

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ellen Gittings, of Chase Terrace, Burntwood.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY. THE BELOVED SON OF JOHN AND ELLEN GITTINGS "AT REST"
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Buried or commemorated at

CHASETOWN (ST. ANNE) CHURCHYARD
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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