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Sergeant WILLIAM GEORGE SYDNEY PETTIS

Service Number: 1851255
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

166 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 11.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas Pettis and Ivy Irene Florence Pettis, of Churt, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription CROWNED WITH THE SUNSHINE OF IMMORTAL YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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