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Flight Lieutenant JOHN GORDON IRWIN

Service Number: 131135
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

635 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

Grave 361.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Arnold and Elsie Maude Irwin, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
Oise France
Number of casualties: 177
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