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Pilot Officer WILLIAM SUMNER

Service Number: 177350
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

6. B. 13.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Sumner, of Bickerstaffe, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED IN LIFE, HONOURED IN DEATH. WORTHY OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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