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Sergeant WILLIAM GEOFFREY NEILSON

Service Number: 1597376
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

69 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 January 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY

X. 27. 47.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Neilson, D.C.M. and Bar, and Flora May Neilson, of Harraby, Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription GROUNDED FOR EVER NEAR HIS DROME HIS SPIRIT FLED TO HIS ETERNAL HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Brussels - Capital Region Belgium
Number of casualties: 685
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