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Pilot Officer WILLIAM ERNEST COATES

Service Number: 119744
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

39 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 20.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Coates, of Horley, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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