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Sergeant JOHN JAMES PARISH

Service Number: 622589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

103 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEEUWARDERADEEL (JELSUM) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD

Row K. Grave 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Parish, of Winson Green, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GIVES, GOD TAKES. A GALLANT LAD "THY WILL BE DONE" R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

LEEUWARDERADEEL (JELSUM) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Friesland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 7
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