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Flying Officer ALFRED VERNON SHIRLEY

Service Number: 151431
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

61 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 January 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

16. F. 3.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Florence Shirley, of Rugby, Warwickshire; husband of Violet Shirley, of Rugby.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HE IS WITH US YET, WE LOVED HIM TOO DEEPLY TO EVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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