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Sergeant RICHARD LEONARD ASHBURTON ELLIS

Service Number: 742693
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY

Sec. Z.K. Grave 7.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard Erasmus Ellis and of Evelyn le Hunte Ellis (nee Barnes), of Kloof, Natal, South Africa. Represented Malvern for the Ashburton Shield at Bisley, and in the Public Schools Athletics (Hurdles) at the White City.
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