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Pte. John Joseph Allen Costall
British Army 4th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Poulton, Wallasey
(d.29th May 1940)
John Costall was born at Seacombe, Cheshire on 8th of July 1912, his parents were Robert Costall and Margaret Ann Costall (nee Logan.)
He had 5 brothers (3 older, 2 younger), and 3 sisters (all older).
He married Ethel May Adelaide Price in September 1933 in Birkenhead, Cheshire.
He's on the 1939 England and Wales Register with his wife Ethel as a Private in the Regular Army and is living at 16 Erskine Road, Poulton, Seacombe, Cheshire.
John was killed near Dunkirk, France on Wednesday, 29th of May 1940, aged 27. He is buried in Oye-Plage Communal Cemetery.