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Flying Officer WILLIAM JOHN WATES

Service Number: 164368
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Winifred Muriel Wates, of Purley, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM WATES OF PURLEY, SURREY "MY TRUST IS IN GOD ALONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

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