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Flight Sergeant DOUGLAS RICHARD BEESLEY

Service Number: 1391522
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

61 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

Coll. grave IVa. C. 16-18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Richard and Norah Beesley; husband of Margharita Sybil Beesley, of Scotby, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIMSELF THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1591
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