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Sergeant FRANCIS REX PICKERING

Service Number: 1166528
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

107 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. AA. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis and Mary Elizabeth Pickering, of Alderwasley, Derbyshire; husband of Sissy Joan Pickering.
  • Personal Inscription "LAUGHING AND HALFWAY UP TO HEAVEN WITH HILL AND WIND AND STAR"
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Buried or commemorated at

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1158
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