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Joseph Rostigina

W.W.1.
1881 to 1940


Private Joseph Rostigina on the right.
Courtesy of June Gittoes (nee Rostigina)

Born: 5th March 1919.
Place Born: Hampshire.
Died: November 2001.
Parents: Joseph Rostigina and Lillian Alice Gunner.
Spouse: Dolly Eliza Witcher.
Married: June 1940.
Place died: New Forest, Hampshire.
Regiment: Hampshire.
Transferred to: The Royal Warwickshire’s.
Posted Overseas: India and Burma.

Joe was a much admired six footer and at the outbreak of the Second World War he volunteered and joined the Hampshire Regiment. He was sent for training on the Isle of Wight and later at Guildford. Subsequently he transferred to the Royal Warwickshire’s and was posted to India where he spent his war years. He also saw service in Burma.

(Courtesy of June Gittoes (nee Rostigina) October 2010)

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