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Sergeant GEORGE EDWARD SHEPPERD

Service Number: 523887
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

219 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATTERICK CEMETERY

C. of E. Sec. Row M. Grave 8.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Fanny Elizabeth Shepperd, and stepson of Annie E. Shepperd, of Sidcup, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription THEY BARE HIM ON EAGLES' WINGS: GOD TOOK HIM UNTO HIMSELF
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Buried or commemorated at

CATTERICK CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 62
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