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Second Lieutenant BASIL WALWYN WHITE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

55th Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION

III. E. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Walwyn White and Nancy White, of Railway Engineering Works, Widnes, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription BROUGHT DOWN WHILST FLYING HOME TO BASE AFTER CARRYING OUT ORDERS
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Buried or commemorated at

ONTARIO CEMETERY, SAINS-LES-MARQUION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 341
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