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Pilot Officer ERNEST FORSYTH COCKCROFT

Service Number: 175040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 8. G. 9-10.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Ernest and Florence Cockcroft, of Crossflatts, Bingley, Yorkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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