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Sergeant WILLIAM ERNEST McILWAINE

Service Number: 1796516
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

50 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

28. A. 11.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis and Mary McIlwaine, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS, SEEING HIM, LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

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