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Aircraftman 1St Class CHARLES WILLIAM DRAYCOTT

Service Number: 1210907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 20.

Egypt

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment serving in H.M.S. Phoenix.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Annie Draycott, of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH IN A FOREIGN LAND HE FELL, ALL AT HOME BID HIM A SWEET FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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