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Sergeant JOHN EDWARD SKETCHER

Service Number: 1116273
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER (PHILIPS PARK) CEMETERY

Sec. C. Nonconformist. Grave 252.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Hezekiah Sketcher and Hardey Mary Sketcher, of Manchester; husband of Beatrice Sketcher, of Blackley, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST BUT HEAVEN HAS GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD CONTAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER (PHILIPS PARK) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 456
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