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Flight Lieutenant JOHN GHRIMES CHAMPION

Service Number: 127810
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

198 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

VIII. B. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur James Champion and Marjorie Frances Champion, of Ringwood, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription "HE SCARCE HAD NEED TO DOFF HIS PRIDE OR SLOUGH THE DROSS OF EARTH..."
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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