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Flying Officer ALAN LESLIE RICALTON

Service Number: 70872
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

74 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SITTINGBOURNE CEMETERY

Old ground. Sec. W. Grave 142.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Jane Ricalton, of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription "RICKY" HE DIED FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

SITTINGBOURNE CEMETERY
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 71
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