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Squadron Leader JOHN CROFT ATKINS

Service Number: 28124
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

40 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1941

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

8. D. 18.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Benjamin and Florence Hannah Atkins; husband of Elsie Ruth Atkins, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND. DEAR DADDY OF BUNNIE, TEDDIE & RICHARD LOVING WIFE ELSA
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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