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Squadron Leader DESMOND MALCOLM ROLPH-SMITH

Service Number: 36249
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 18 November 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY

3. K. 18.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info The White Eagle of Yugoslavia 1st Class. Son of Charles Edward and Rona Alice Jean Rolph-Smith, of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription "SO HE PASSED OVER, AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE"
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Buried or commemorated at

RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 5887
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