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Corporal WILLIAM JAMES RUSSELL

Service Number: 801576
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)

601 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

VI. F. 5.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Russell and Nancy Russell; husband of Florence Russell, of Chalk Farm, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF A GRAND HUSBAND AND FATHER. YOUR LOVING WIFE, SON MOTHER AND FATHER
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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