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Sergeant WILLIAM SIDNEY BACKWAY

Service Number: 1587191
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

142 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MALTA MEMORIAL

Panel 8, Column 1.

Malta

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reginald John and Olive May Backway, of Bideford, Devon.

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Buried or commemorated at

MALTA MEMORIAL
Malta
Number of casualties: 2291
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