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Pilot Officer RAINFORD GENT MARLAND

Service Number: 62657
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

229 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

7. C. 9.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Rainford Marland and Sarah Marland, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "ONE OF THE FEW" NOW HIS CORNER IN A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOREVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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