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Sergeant WILLIAM GILBERT JOHN APLIN

Service Number: 1314645
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

429 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 30 March 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

10. E. 6.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert James Aplin and Grace Elizabeth Aplin; husband of Doreen Aplin, of Pengam, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LEFT US, HIS LAST THOUGHTS UNKNOWN, BUT THE MEMORY HE LEFT WE ARE PROUD TO OWN
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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