In Memory Of

MIDDLETON, JOHN EDWARD EMPSON

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 14430028
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 5th Bn.
Regiment:
 East Yorkshire Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-06-06
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XIV. L. 19.
Cemetery:
 BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Calvados
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Edward Empson Middleton, and of Adelaide Mary Middleton, of Rosettenville, Transvaal, South Africa. Landing on Gold Beach, the Battalion took La Rivière, Vers-sur-Mer, Crepon then reached and occupied the village of Brecy at the end of this famous day, losing almost one hundred men