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Sergeant VALENTINE PICKEN

Service Number: 574255
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

218 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOORTHORPE CEMETERY

Sec. O. Grave 261.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Nellie Picken, of South Elmsall.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONOUR, LIBERTY & TRUTH HE GAVE HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH. GOD GRANT HIS ETERNAL REST "UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN"
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Buried or commemorated at

MOORTHORPE CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 30
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