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John Winn J W Atherton, Lieutenant Colonel served with Dorsetshire Regiment.
Service number: '24773'. Date of death: 1944-06-27. Age: 37. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XXIV. E. 20..
SON OF JOHN AUGUSTUS AND SARAH ELISABETH ATHERTON; HUSBAND OF PEGGY ATHERTON, OF WEYMOUTH, DORSETSHIRE.
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