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Sapper ERNEST JAMES COLCHESTER

Service Number: 1880148
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

296 Army Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1941

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXXII. F. 6.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred H. and Ruby E. Colchester, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH FAR AWAY HIS LOVING MEMORY IS FOR EVER WITH US
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