Private JOSEPH CASSON (photo added)
| Rank | Private |
| Forenames | JOSEPH |
| Surname | CASSON (photo added) |
| Initials | J |
| Place of Birth | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | Unknown |
| Date of Death | Tuesday, 27 June 1944 |
| Age | 18 |
| Nationality |
British
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| Residence or Entered Service From | WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Service Number | 14674155 | Force |
British Army
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| Service/Corps/Regiment |
Durham Light Infantry
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| Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 9 Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (50th Northumbrian Division) |
| Military Honours and Awards | |
| Place of Burial/Commemoration |
RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Roll of honour |
| Grave/Memorial Location | IV. B. 1. |
| Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
| Epitaph | |
| Family Details | SON OF DAVID AND MARY ELLEN CASSON, OF WHITEHAVEN, CUMBERLAND. HIS BROTHER ROBERT CASSON ALSO FELL AND IS BURIED NEXT TO HIM IN THIS CEMETERY. |
Additional Information
Private JOSEPH CASSON was killed on the 27th June 1944, 3 weeks after his 25 year old brother, Marine ROBERT CASSON, had been killed on D-Day 6th June 1944.
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Acknowledgements and Credits |
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| Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
| Cross marker photograph: | |
| Individual photograph: | Stephane George Saint Martin |
| Additional photographs provided by: | Carl Shilleto |
| Additional information provided by: | |
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What other people have said
josephine rudd
always remembered my two uncles joseph and robert casson
On Friday, May 23, 2014Betty Albright
Gone so young. He made his family very proud.
On Tuesday, February 4, 2014juan muñoz gomez
RESPECT AND HONOR. RIP
On Saturday, February 1, 2014