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Squadron Leader HERBERT PILLING

Service Number: 29178
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

107 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1940

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECQUES CHURCHYARD

Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Air Force Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George Herbert and Alice Pilling; husband of Vera Pilling, of Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

ECQUES CHURCHYARD
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3
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