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Sergeant HORACE SYDNEY PICTON

Service Number: 1801735
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

550 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOLLEZEELE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Coll. grave.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sydney and Nellie Florence Picton, of Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex. His brother Walter Charles also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BOLLEZEELE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 10
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