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Sergeant PHILIP WITCOMB

Service Number: 1117253
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

106 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

12. F. 7.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Frank and Anne Witcomb, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR LORD JESUS, GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

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