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Sergeant CHARLES ERIC PETRE

Service Number: 1322016
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STOKE ORCHARD (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD

Row 16. Grave 3.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Lilian Beatrice Petre, of Dagenham, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM MAY IT EVER REIGN
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Buried or commemorated at

STOKE ORCHARD (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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