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Flying Officer RICHARD EDWARD HASTINGS MEDHURST

Service Number: 150870
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

271 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

4. B. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles E. H. Medhurst, C.B., O.B.E., and Christabel E. Medhurst.
  • Personal Inscription VALIANT IN FIGHT THEY TRIUMPHED OVER SUFFERING, AND DESPISED DEATH

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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1773
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