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Sergeant WILLIAM MATCHETT MAHAFFY

Service Number: 969454
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

158 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1942

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

29. E. 6.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Irwin Mahaffy and Jeannie Mahaffy, of Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription I KNOW TRANSPLANTED HUMAN WORTH WILL BLOOM TO PROFIT OTHERWHERE
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Buried or commemorated at

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