ATHERTON, Joseph
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X103460
Born:
Monday, July 11, 1921
Birthplace:
Wigan, Lancashire
Died :
Wednesday, August 23, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Corporal Joseph Atherton died during operations at Pont L'Eveque, Normandy. Son of Joseph and Ann J. Atherton, of Lower Ince, Lancashire; husband of Mary Atherton, of Lower Ince.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/127.
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt Johnson RM
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