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Sergeant WILLIAM MELROSE

Service Number: 1825485
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

104 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 April 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 4.

Hungary

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Euphemia Melrose, of Gorebridge, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE WAS SHORT THE BLOW SEVERE TO PART WITH HIM WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY
Hungary
Number of casualties: 210
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