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Flying Officer ALLEN HENLEY BURTON

Service Number: 125752
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

247 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PETERSFIELD CEMETERY

Grave 4556.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Norman and Matilda Hanwell Burton, of Epping, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription "OR IF ON JOYFUL WING CLEAVING THE SKY, SUN, MOON AND STARS FORGOT, UPWARDS I FLY"
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Buried or commemorated at

PETERSFIELD CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 21
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