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Flying Officer GERALD PURDON KING

Service Number: 86730
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

12 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1942

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUURLO (ACHTER ZIEUWENT) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD

Grave 4.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Gerald and Louise King, of Middleton-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE ONLY SON OF ERNEST GERALD AND LOUISE KING
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Buried or commemorated at

RUURLO (ACHTER ZIEUWENT) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 5
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