The story
Eric William E W Dewhurst, Fusilier served with Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 7th Bn..
Service number: '7947287'. Date of death: 1944-08-15. Age: 22. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XIX. E. 25..
SON OF JOSEPH IGNATIUS DEWHURST AND ALICE DEWHURST, OF BARROWFORD, NELSON, LANCASHIRE.
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