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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM ASHFORD

Service Number: 1816623
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

189 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

26. A. 5.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Lily Ashford, of Kingstanding, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEPING UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS PASS AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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