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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 863

Four: Private W. Ditchburn, Green Howards, who was accidentally killed in 1944 in the Middle East

India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (4386451 Pte. W. Ditchburn Green Howards); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, minor official correction to number, second clasp separate, nearly extremely fine (4)

Wilfred Ditchburn was born in 1913 at Bury, Lancashire, the fifth and youngest son of Alfred William Ditchburn. He died from burns on 26 September 1944 whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Green Howards, and is buried at Khayat Beach War Cemetery, 5 kilometres from Haifa on the Tel Aviv Highway. His gravestone bears the poignant words:

'Loved with a love beyond words, lost with a grief beyond tears. Wife Vera.'

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