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Flying Officer WILLIAM FRANCIS

Service Number: 144217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 17 January 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY

Sec. B. E. Grave 120.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jessie Francis, of Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS A MEMORY IS KEPT OF ONE WE LOVED AND SHALL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 309
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