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Pilot Officer WINTON SELWOOD SHANN

Service Number: 43711
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

107 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUEMPS CHURCHYARD

Joint grave 2-3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Raynor Shann and of Nellie Ellis Shann (nee Clarke), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription MY MUCH LOVED SON. LIVED NOBLY - DIED BRAVELY IN THE BATTLE FOR BRITAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

GUEMPS CHURCHYARD
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5
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