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Leading Aircraftman GILBERT READSHAW

Service Number: 1533917
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY

IV. K. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Elizabeth May Readshaw, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY, BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER. MAM, DAD AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1021
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