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Sergeant WILLIAM LANE

Service Number: 1488857
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

61 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 5. C. 22-23.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Ethel Lane, of Sheffield; husband of Jean Lane, of Firth Park, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription WE WERE NOT THERE TO SAY GOOD-BYE BUT IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL NEVER DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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