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Private ARTHUR COMPTON

Service Number: 14499218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

II. L. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lilly Compton, of Chard, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription WE OFTEN SPEAK YOUR NAME BUT ALL WE HAVE TO TREASURE IS YOUR PICTURE IN A FRAME
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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