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Sergeant JOHN REUBEN RIDSDALE

Service Number: 1591283
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

640 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 5. A. 7-10.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Florence Ridsdale, of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription O HEAVENLY STAR, SHINE ON THIS GRAVE FOR THIS IS WHERE OUR DEAR ONE LIES. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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