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Sergeant WILLIAM GILBERT LANE

Service Number: 754097
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOWN HATHERLEY (ST. MARY AND CORPUS CHRISTI) CHURCHYARD

North of church, grave 102.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis John and Minnie Florence Lane, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription A BELOVED SON IN WHOM WE ARE WELL PLEASED
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Buried or commemorated at

DOWN HATHERLEY (ST. MARY AND CORPUS CHRISTI) CHURCHYARD
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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