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Warrant Officer PETER GATLEY

Service Number: 1072709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

242 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. K. 49.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Nellie Gatley, of Leigh, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLIPPED THE BONDS OF EARTH AND DANCED THE SKIES ON LAUGHTER'S WINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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