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Sergeant DEREK JOHN WILLIAM BILLINGHURST

Service Number: 1628300
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

178 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

IV. K. 9.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eric Edward John and Eva Florence Billinghurst, of Hayes, Bromley, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription A BOY'S WILL IS THE WIND'S WILL AND THE THOUGHTS OF YOUTH ARE LONG, LONG THOUGHTS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1230
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