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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM FRANK SMITH RIDOUT

Service Number: 1657406
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1943

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. H. 7.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richmond Thomas Ridout and Bessie Jane Ridout, of Castle Cary, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" PS.23 "THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD" ISAIAH 40:31
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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