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Lance Serjeant Eric Khytovitch, MM was an English soldier of the British Army who was killed during the Second World War.

He was born in 1920, in Manchester, the son of Jacob amd Frances Khytovitch (née Branston). During the war, Khytovitch, who originally joined the Royal Engineers, served in North Africa and France on attachment to No. 6 Commando. He was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during an engagement with Axis forces at Steamroller Farm, Tunisia on 26 February 1943.

Khytovitch went on to land with the commando at Sword Beach, Normandy on 6 June 1944. He died four days later, on the 10th, and is buried in Ranville War Cemetery.

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