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Leading Aircraftman WILLIE BRIERLEY

Service Number: 1527800
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

III. H. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Moses and Sarah Jane Brierley, of Burnley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND; GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST. TILL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1591
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