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Sergeant ALEXANDER SHAW

Service Number: 1127874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

78 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot JJB. Coll. grave 76-79.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Shaw, of Crossgar, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 687
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