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Flight Lieutenant RICHARD HORNBY

Service Number: 78444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1943

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

5. J. 3.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Wild Hornby and of Mary Gertrude Hornby, of Ripon, Yorkshire. Chartered Accountant.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED DICK
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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