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Sergeant WILLIAM CHARLES ARTHUR LONG

Service Number: 1600540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

617 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 24. B. 5-7.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ethel Mary Long, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN UNDYING MEMORY OF OUR DEARLY LOVED SON BILL. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"

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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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