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Corporal WILLIAM SWINBURNE

Service Number: 534111
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

159 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1944

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Plot L. Grave 149.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Walter and Bertha Swinburne, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS THOUGH YOU ARE BURIED FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA
India
Number of casualties: 946
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