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Wing Commander RALPH GEORGE HURST

Service Number: 37288
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

226 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 11.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry James Hurst and Emily Louisa Hurst, of Everton, Hampshire; husband of Edith Ann Hurst, of Shirley, Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription HE WALKED IN SHINING SPLENDOUR, SO GAY, SO GALLANT, AND SO DEARLY LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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