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Wireman ERIC JAMES GATLAND

Service Number: P/MX573448
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Affleck.

Date of Death

Died 26 December 1944

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

V. D. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Lilian Gatland, of Burwash, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription SO HE PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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